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Benjamin  White,  Esq. 


HISTORY 


OF    THE 


TOWN     OF    GOSHEN, 

Hampsh-ire  County,  Massacliiasetts, 

FROM    ITS 

FIRST  SETTLEMENT   IN  1761  TO  1881. 


WITH 


FAMILY  SKETCHES 


By   HIRAM  BARRUS. 
11 


Boston  : 
PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AUTHOR. 

1881. 


Goshe7i,  April  8,   i88i.  ' 

Hiram  Barrus,  Esq., 

Dear  Sir  : 

The  undersigned  having  been  chosen  a  committee  to  mature 
and  execute  plans  for  a  proper  observance  of  the  One  Hundredth 
Anniversary  of  the  Incorporation  of  the  town  of  Goshen,  desire  to 
have  you  complete  and  publish  the  history  of  the  town  in  season  for 
that  event. 

We    would   also   take   the    present  opportunity    to  invite    you    to 
deliver  an  historical  address  on  that  occasion. 

Most  respectfully  yours, 

ALVAN  BARRUS, 

GEORGE    DRESSER, 

HIRAM  PACKARD, 

J.  H.    GODFREY,  \    Committee, 

T.  P.  LYMAN, 

T.  L.  BARRUS, 

ALONZO    SHAW, 

GEORGE  DRESSER, 

Secretary^ 


SiJi931^ 


PREFACE. 


In  compliance  with  the  invitation  of  the  Committee  of  the  town,  the  History  of 
Goshen  is  herewith  presented.  Portions  of  it  were  published  in  the  Hampshire 
Gazette  about  fifteen  years  since,  but  nearly  all  has  been  re-written  and  also  enlarged 
by  the  addition  of  much  new  matter.  The  material  facts  have  been  gathered,  as 
far  as  possible,  from  the  records  of  the  church  and  town,  and  the  archives  of  the 
state. 

Copious  notes  of  facts  and  incidents  related  more  than  thirty  years  since  by  some 
of  the  early  residents  of  the  town,  have  proved  valuable  aids.  Among  the  persons 
who  thus  continue  to  speak  through  these  pages,  may  be  named  Mr.  Cyrus  Stearns, 
a  native  of  the  town,  who  was  personally  acquainted  with  nearly  every  family  from 
the  first  settlement  of  the  town  onward  for  nearly  ninety  years ;  Maj.  Ambrose 
Stone,  who  was  identified  with  the  leading  interests  of  the  town  from  its  incorpora- 
tion for  about  seventy  years  ;  Capt.  John  Grant,  Col.  Luther  Stone,  Dea.  Benjamin 
White,  Mr.  Moses  Dresser  and  others,  who  were  intelligent  observers,  life-long  res- 
idents, and  themselves  important  factors  in  the  town's  history. 

The  family  sketches,  intended  at  first  to  be  only  brief  outlines,  grew  more  and 
more  extended  as  the  work  progressed  and  the  material  accumulated,  till  this  de- 
partment assumed  an  unexpected  prominence.  It  has  involved  much  labor,  and  it 
is  hoped  will  prove  acceptable. 

Hon.  Charles  Hudson,  in  his  preface  to  the  History  of  Lexington,  says,  "It  is 
the  fortune  of  those  who  compile  our  local  histories,  and  especially  if  they  deal 
with  the  genealogies  of  families,  to  rest  under  the  imputation  of  being  inaccurate." 
This  is  expected,  and  much  care  has  been  taken  in  the  preparation  of  this  work  to 
disarm  criticism  by  preventing  errors.  Yet  some  have  crept  in,  and,  as  far  as  dis- 
covered, are  corrected.  Town  records  do  not  always  agree  with  family  records,  in 
dates  or  names  :  Mary  is  often  used  for  Polly,  Sarah  for  Sally,  Elizabeth  for 
Betsey,  Dolly  for  Dorothy,  and,  now-a-days,  everything  possible  among  female 
names  is  euphonized  by  change  of  termination  into  ie — Sallie,  Mollie,  Hattie, 
Maggie,  &q.  Such  changes  may  be  pleasing  to  the  ear,  but  are  confusing  to  the 
genealogist,  and  may  yet  result  in  perplexing  the  courts  as  to  the  identity  of 
persons  named  in  wills  and  other  important  documents. 

The  sketches  of  some  of  the  families  are  quite  disconnected  and  will  be  found 
on  pages  widely  separate,  in  consequence  of  obtaining  some  of  the  facts  after  the 
others  had  been  put  in  print.  Proper  names  are  usually  given  as  spelt  in  the 
original  records,  and  hence  the  spelling  is  not  always  uniform. 

The  record  of  marriages  commences  on  the  settlement  of  Kev,  Mr.  Whitman  in 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

17S8,  and  continues  nearly  complete  to  the  present  time.  Where  the  date  of  mar- 
riage is  wanting  the  date  of  the  '"Intentions  of  marriage"  is  given.  The  records  of 
these  commence  in  1788,  but  are  missing  from  1858  to  1867.  The  record  of  births 
previous  to  1844  is  very  deficient,  probably  mislaid  or  lost.  A  list  of  baptisms  is 
inserted  to  supply  in  some  measure  the  deficiency,  the  date  of  baptism  generally 
indicating  within  a  few  weeks  or  months  the  date  of  birth. 

Grateful  acknowledgments  for  courtesies  received  in  the  preparation  of  this  work, 
are  due  Rev,  J.  E.  M.  Wright,  Emmons  Putney,  Miss  Fannie  E.  Hawks,  Albert  B. 
Dresser,  Alvan  Barrus  and  others  of  Goshen;  J.  Milton  Smith  of  Sunderland  ; 
Hon.  Albert  Nichols  of  Chesterfield;  Luther  James,  Esq.,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.; 
Hon.  James  White  of  Boston  ;  Hon.  Levi  P.  Morton,  recently  appointed  United 
States  Minister  to  France  ;  Rev.  D.  G.  Wright,  D.  D.,  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  ; 
Dr.  Edward  Strong,  of  the  office  of  Secretary  of  State,  Boston  :  Miss  Mary  E. 
Stone  of  the  Congregational  Library,  and  Hon.  J.  W.  Dean,  Librarian  of  the  N.  E. 
Genealogical  Society,  Boston. 

In  conclusion,  the  history  is  dedicated  to  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Goshen, 
wherever  residing,  in  the  hope  that  they  may  prove  worthy  of  their  ancestry  in 
whatsoever  things  are  true  ;  in  whatsoever  things  are  honest  ;  in  whatsoever 
things  are  pure  ;  in  whatsoever  things  are  lovely;  in  whatsoever  things  are  of 
good  report. 

HIRAM  BARRUS. 


Boston,  May  14,  i88r. 


CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  I. 
THE  TERRITORY  SETTLED. 

From  the  first  settlement,  1761,  to  Incorporation  of  tjie  town,  1781.  New  England  entcr- 
prise,-Early  pioneers,  9;  First  winter,  Two  wives  and  five  children,  Beaver  meadow,  The 
trnant  cow.  Fall  of  the  chimney,  Other  settlers,  Disturbed  slumbers,  10-11 ;  More  arrivals, 
Quabbin  and  the  Gore,  Xarragansett  expedition,  Grants  to  tlie  soldiers,  11;  Chesterfield 
incorporated.  Gore  annexed  and  set  ofl*,  Town  oflicers.  Birth  of  first  child.  Close 
of  French  and  Indian  War,  First  physician.  Minute  men,  12;  Muster  roll  of  Lexington 
men,  13-14;  Days  of  gx-ief,  Camp  distemper,  Burgoyue,  14;  Hard  winter  of  1780,  Dark  day 
and  Dr.  Byles,  Buckskin  and  bean  porridge,  15. 

CHAPTER  II. 

THE  TOWN  INCORPORATED,  1781. 

Copy  of  petition,  IG;  Agent  <and  committee.  Act  passed,  and  town  named.  First  town  meet- 
ing, 17;  Other  meetings,  Minister  called, "Money  raised  for  soldiers,  School  districts, 
Contributions  for  Southern  suflerers,  18;  Meeting-house  located  and  built,  Goshen  rs. 
I'tley,  19;  Plan  of  the  house,  Long  sermons  and  cold  weather,  House  removed,  20. 

CHAPTER  III. 
ANNALS  OF  THE  TOWN,  1782-1880. 
First  annual  meeting,  "Bulldozing"  Congi'ess,  21;  Not  an  cfliC3-seeker,  Paper  curi'ency  "in 
a  constitiitional  way,"  School  matters,  22 ;  Warned  out  of  town,  23-4 ;  School  houses.  Seat- 
ing the  singers,  24;  Painting  the  church,  Dog  tax  and  School  money.  Weights  and  meas- 
ures. The  "James  Fund,"  25-6;  The  embargo,  Congress  asked  to  explain.  Severe  cold,  26; 
War  of  1812  disapproved,  Call  for  troops,  27;  Soldiers  that  went.  Cold  summer,  28; 
School  house  built.  Baptist  church  built.  Average  temperature  of  winter  seasons.  Road 
case  in  court,  29;  Committee  in  charge  of  funerals.  Ovation  to  Revolutionary  soldiers, 
30;  Surplus  Revenue,  31;  Log  cabins  and  hard  cider.  School  districts,  32;  Townhouse 
built,  Money  raised  for  volunteers  in  1861,  War  notes,  33;  Cemetery  enlarged,  Will  of 
Whiting  Street,  Town  officers  1880,  Centennial  committee,  34-5. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
TOWN  AND  COUNTY  OFFICERS. 

Town  Clerks  and  Selectmen,  35-9;  Representatives  to  General  Court,  39-40;  Justices  of 
the  Peace,  Coroner,  County  Commissioner,  Deputy  Sheriff,  40. 

CHAPTER  Y. 
CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Congregational  church  organized.  Members,  41-2;  First  meeting  for  business,  Pastor 
called,  Half  way  covenant,  42 ;  Non-intercourse  act,  43;  Chords  and  discords,  Recogni- 
tion of  the  sisters ;  Deacons  chosen,  R ev.  Mr.  Whitman  installed,  44 ;  Dancing  disallowed , 
Missions,  The  Catechism,  45;  Mr.  Whitman  dismissed,  46;  Succeeding  pastors,  47-8-9-50; 


8  HISTOBY   OF   GOSHEK. 

List  of  Deacons,  51;  Revivals  and  results,  52;  Additions  to  the  church,  53;  Native  minis- 
ters and  wives  of  ministers,  54-62;  Journey  to  the  Choctaws,  59;  Amos  Dresser,  61;  Nu- 
cleus of  Fund  for  church  building,  Congregational  Societ}^  organized,  Mrs.  Williams's 
Fund,  63;  Singing  affairs.  Dr.  Bushnell,  64-6;  Centennial  of  the  church.  Baptist  church 
and  society,  List  of  memhei's,  G6;  Pastors,  67;  Fii-st  Calvinistic  society,  Second  Advent 
church,  67. 

CHAPTER    VI. 
SCHOOLS— 68. 

Division  of  the  town  into  districts,  Successors  of  the  early  residents  down  to  the  present, 
68-72;  Early  schoolrooms,  72;  Books,  73-4;  Select  schools.  Teachers,  74-5;  School  Com- 
mittees, 77-6;  Statistics,  76-7. 

CHAPTER  VII. 
HIGHWAYS  AXD  OTHER  MATTERS. 

Route  of  troops,  78;  Method  of  travel,  Post-offlce,  Transportation  of  goods.  Houses  on  the 
road  to  Northampton,  79;  Stores  and  Taverns,  81-2;  Highland  House,  Goshen  sceneiy, 
83;  Physicians,  83-5;  Industrial  pursuits,  85-7;  Mills  and  Trades,  88-92;  Military  compa- 
nies, 92-5. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 
WAR  OF  REVOLUTION,  95. 

Drafted  persons.  Soldiers  and  place  of  service,  95-8;  Capt.  Weeks'  Journal,  99, 100;  Wm. 
White,  delegate,—;  Continental  money,  101;  Eurgoyne's  men,  101-2;  Literature  of  the 
Revolution,  102-3;  War  of  1812,  103;  The  Great  Rebellion,  103;  Sketches  of  soldiers, 
105-8. 

CHAPTER    IX. 

MISCELLANIES. 

Geological,  108;  Moi-e's  Hill;  Great  Meadow,  109;  Ponds  and  Brooks,  110;  Population  and 
Depopulation,  111;  Wages,  Indian  relics.  Tornadoes,  112-3;  Perished  in  snow  storms, 
Wild  animals,  114-5;  A  fatal  remedy,  115;  Fix-st  apple  tree.  Slaves  freed.  Shay's  Rebel- 
lion,  116;  Travelling  in  Cii'cles,  Beech  trees  not  struck  by  lightning;  Locofoco  matches, 
117-8;  Casualties,  118;  The  burying  ground.  Malignant  diseases,  119;  Buildings  burnt, 
Aged  people,  121;  Atlantic  cable  celebration,  122-4;  Town  officers  for  100  years,  124-6. 

CHAPTER    X. 

"OLD  TIMES." 

Personiiied  and  sketched,  127-132. 

CHAPTER  XL 
FAMILY  SKETCHES,  133—216. 

Additions  and  corrections,  207;  Marriages,  216;  Intentions,  223;    Births,  226;    Baptisms, 

233;  Deaths,  237. 

APPENDIX. 
Act  of  Incorporation,  246-7;  Biographical— J.  D.  ^Chamberlin,  248;  Rev.  J.  S.  Burgess, 

248-250;  L.  L.  Pierce,  250-2;  Centennial  Committee,  252-3 ;  Index,  255-262. 


HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN,  MASS, 


CHAPTER  I. 

1761      1781. 

The  sons  of  New  England  have  earned  the  reputation  of  being  an 
enterprising  people.  Their  love  of  liome  is  proverbial,  yet  seldom  so 
strong  as  to  prevent  their  removal  when  prompted  by  necessity,  or 
when  by  so  doing  they  may  expect  to  improve  their  condition.  The 
rapid  filling  up  of  the  older  towns  made  emigration  to  new  localiiies 
not  only  desirable  but  necessary,  and  this  process  continued  shows  how 
neighborhoods  became  towns  and  towns  became  states. 

Isaac  Stearns  came  to  this  country  from  England  in  1630  in  the 
same  ship,  it  is  thought,  with  Gov.  Winthrop.  He  and  "his  kinsman," 
Charles  Stearns,  settled  in  VVatertown,  Mass.  Charles  was  admitted 
freeman  in  1646.  In  1680  he  sold  hislands  in  Watertown,  and  with  his 
son  Shubael  removed  to  Lynn  and  took  up  his  residence  on  the  wild 
lands  near  Reading.  Shubael,  a  soldier  in  the  Narragansett  expedi- 
dion,  had  a  son  Ebenezer,  who  married  Martha  Burnap  of  the  latter 
town  in  17 17  and  removed  to  Sutton,  where  the  first  settlers  received 
one  hundred  acres  of  land  free.  David  Stearns,  the  fourth  son  of 
Ebenezer,  born  1729,  removed  to  Dudley,  remained  a  few  years,  and 
in  1761,  accompanied  by  Abijah  Tucker  sought  a  new  home  in  the  un- 
broken forest  that  covered  the  hills  west  of  the  Connecticut  river. 
David  Stearns  may  have  received  his  land  here  in  consideration  of 
his  grandfather  Shubael's  service  in  the  Narragansett  expedition. 
They  brought  their  families  to  Northampton  and  left  them  there  during 
the  summer,  where  they  could  often  visit  them,  and  tlien  proceeded 
on  their  way,  following  the  then   recent  military  trail  towards  Albany 


10  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

for  about  twelve  miles.  Here  they  stopped,  felled  the  trees,  built  a 
log  house,  and  began  to  cultivate  the  land.  The  location  is  still 
marked  b}^  the  old  cellar  and  well,  about  thirty  rods  north  of  the  house 
of  Amos  Hawks,  near  the  old  boundary  line  between  Chesterfield 
and  the  "Gore."  Here  the  two  families  spent  the  winter  of  1761-2, 
their  only  neighbors,  within  the  present  limits  of  Goshen,  being  wolves, 
bears  and  other  wild  beasts.  Lonely  as  that  winter  must  have  been 
to  these  families,  it  was  further  increased  by  the  frequent  absence  of 
the  men  in  Northampton,  where  they  found  employment  among  the 
farmers,  leaving  the  two  wives  and  five  children,  to  keep  their  houses 
and  care  for  the  cow  and  horse.  "Beaver  meadow,"  two  miles  away 
to  the  north,  had  furnished  pasturage  in  the  summer  and  hay  for  the 
winter.  One  day,  in  the  absence  of  the  men,  the  cow^  wandered  away 
through  the  deep  snow  to  the  meadow,  and  did  not  return  as  the  night 
came  on.  Neither  woman  would  go  alone  for  the  cow,  nor  remain 
alone  with  the  children,  so  they  compromised  by  taking  out  the  horse, 
loading  the  five  children  upon  his  back,  and  all  went  for  the  truant 
cow. 

Another  incident  was  remembered  and  told  by  one  of  the  sons, 
Cyrus  Stearns,  who  lived  to  be  90  years  of  age,  and  abounded  in 
facts  relating  to  the  early  history  of  the  town.  I'he  chimney  of  their 
house  was  a  rude  affair,  and  one  morning,  while  preparing  breakfast, 
the  mother  saw  it  giving  way  and  about  to  fall.  She  placed  her 
shoulder  against  the  lowering  mantel  and  held  it  while  the  children 
escaped  by  flight,  but  the  breakfast  was  buried  in  the  ruins. 

In  the  spring  of  1762,  Ezra  May  from  Woodstock,  Conn.,  with  ten 
hired  men  and  Ezekiel  Corbin  and  wife  to  do  their  cooking,  com- 
menced clearing  what  is  still  known  as  the  Mayfarra,  now  owned  by  Mar- 
lon Damon.  William  White  from  Charlton  came  about  the  same  time 
and  boarded  with  May  while  clearing  his  own  lands  half  a  mile  south, 
now  in  possession  of  Marshall  Dadmun.  WHiite  was  an  excellent 
marksman,  and  game  was  so  plenty  that  it  is  said  he  killed  enough  on 
his  way  to  and  from  his  labors  to  pay  his  board.  He  once  shot  two 
ducks,  cutting  off  both  heads  with  a  single  ball,  .Robert  Webster 
from  Dudley  and  Lemuel  Lyon  from  Woodstock  came  the  same  year. 
As  a  protection  against  the  wild  animals,  the  wife  of  Webster,  when 
he  was  absent,  kept  a  fire  burning  outside  the  cabin  in  the  night.  One 
night  when  alone  with  her  infant  child,  the  horse  became  frightened 
by  some  wild  beast,  and  with  a  loud  neigh  came  rushing  through  the 


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doorway,  which  was  only  closed  by  a  blanket,  into  the  room  where 
she  slept.  Another  woman  alone  in  a  moonlight  night  was  suddenly 
surprised  by  seeing  a  wild  cat  jump  through  an  open  window  in  the 
attic  down  into  her  room.  The  shriek  of  the  woman  was  too  much 
for  the  intruder,  and  he  left  as  suddenly  as  he  came. 

Other  settlers  that  came  within  a  few  years  were  Asa  Grant  from 
Wrenlham,  John  James  and  Zebulon  Willcutt  from  Cohasset,  Joseph 
Blake  and  Edward  Orcutt  from  Hingham,  Reuben  and  Moses  Dresser, 
and  Ebenezer  Putney  from  Charlton,  Thomas  and  Daniel  Brown  and 
the  five  Banister  brothers — John,  Lemuel,  Christopher^  Barzillai  and 
William — and  probably  Artemasand  Sylvanus  Stone,  from  Brookfield, 
Joshua  Abell  from  Rehoboth,  Capt.  John  Bigelow,  Isaac  Kingman, 
James  and  Joshua  Packard  from  Bridgewater,  Doctor  Benjamin  Bur- 
gess and  Samuel  ]\Iott  from  Tisbury,  John  Smith,  Timothy  Lyman, 
Benjamin  Parsons  and  his  sons,  Ebenezer,  Justin,  Solomon,  Silas  and 
Benjamin,  froiri  Northampton,  Thomas  Weeks  and  Ambrose  Stone 
from  Greenwich,  and  William  Hallock  from  Long  Island. 

The  territory  included  in  the  town  of  Goshen  was  formerly  desig- 
nated by  various  names.  The  southern  portion  lying  west  of  what  is 
now  Williamsburgh,  consisting  of  thirty  lots  of  one  hundred  acres 
each,  was  called  "Quabbin,"  "Quabbin  Proprietary,"  or  "First  Addi- 
tional Grant."  The  northern  portion  lying  between  "Quabbin"  and 
Huntstown,  now  Ashfield,  containing  about  three  thousand  five  hun- 
dred acres,  was  called  -'The  Gore,"  "Chesterfield  Gore,"  or  "Second 
Additional  Grant."  The  division  line  between  Quabbin  and  the  Gore 
extended  from  the  N.  W.  corner  of  Williamsburgh  westerly,  just  south 
of  the  meetinghouse,  to  Cummington  line. 

These  grants  were  made  to  satisfy  the  claims  of  the  heirs  of  the 
soldiers  in  the  Narragansett  expedition  in  King  Philip's  War.  They 
were  promised  "if  they  played  the  man,  took  the  fort,  and  drove  the 
enemy  @ut  of  the  countrv,  they  should  have  a  gratuity  in  land  besides 
their  wages."  Pursuant  to  this  promise  the  court  in  1732  granted 
seven  townships,  each  six  miles  square,  to  the  descendants  of  the  840 
soldiers  engaged  in  the  expedition.  These  townships  were  located 
in  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  and  in  this  state.  "Narragansett  town- 
ship" No.  4,  located  in  New  Hampshire,  was  reported  unfit  for 
settlement,  and  in  lieu  of  it,  the  territory  called  "Quabbin,"  now 
Greenwich,  Mass.,  was  granted.  But  this  being  less  than  six  miles 
square,  'The  First  Additional  Grant,"  abovenamedand  now  included 


12  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

in  Goshen,  was  made  to  supply  the  dt;ficiency.  Tliis  also  failed  to 
give  entire  satisfaction  and  "The  Second  Additional  Grant"  was  made. 

In  1762  Chesterfield  was  incorporated  and  tlie  "Quabbin"  district 
was  included  within  its  limits.  In  the  following  January,  on  petition 
of  its  inhabitants,  the  Gore  was  annexed  to  Chesterfield  by  the  Gener- 
al Court  without  serving  notice  or  asking  consent  of  the  town. 
Twenty  thiee  inhabitants  of  Chesterfield,  in  their  turn,  petitioned  to 
have  the  people  of  the  Goie  set  off  a;;ain,  for  tlie  reason  that  "their 
being  annexed  had  laid  found-ation  for  lasting  contention,  as  the  in- 
habitants living  on  said  Grant  will  have  it  in  their  power  to  erect  the 
meetinghouse  quite  out  of  the  center  of  the  town,  the  place  heretofore 
pitched  upon  for  it,  which  is  on  the  county  road."  Their  petition 
prevailed,  and  the  Gore  was  dis-united  in  June  of  the  same  year. 

The  early  settlers  of  "Quabbin"  and  the  "Gore"  had  men  of  recog- 
nized ability  among  them,  as  shown  by  records  of  the  first  annual  town 
meeting  in  Chesterfield.  Of  these  men  the  following  were  chosen  to 
office:  Ezra  May  was  chosen  moderator  of  the  meeting,  and  also 
constable  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen  ;  Abijah  Tucker 
was  also  chosen  selectman  ;  David  Stearns,  warden  ;  Robert  \\'eb- 
ster,  highway  surveyor;  William  White,  deer  reeve.  May  served  in 
Chesterfield  six  years  as  selectman,  William  White  two,  Abijah  Tucker 
five,  Robert  Webster  two,  Reuben  Dresser,  Joshua  Abell,  Christopher 
Banister  one  each. 

The  first  child  born  within  the  present  limits  of  Goshen  was  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Ezra  May,  January  27,  1763,  who  married  Elisha  Morton 
of  Williamsburgh  ;  the  first  male  cliild  was  Samuel,  son  of  David 
Stearns,  March  25,  1763,  who  died  young. 

The  close  of  the  French  and  Indian  War  by  the  treaty  of  1763  gave 
a  new  impetus  to  emigration  to  the  "West,"  which  at  that  time  was 
reckoned  within  the  limits  of  the  state.  In  a  petition  to  the  General 
Court  the  people  speak  of  their  settlement,  which  they  aver  has  gone 
on  prosperously  since  they  have  been  freed  from  the  fear  of  the  In- 
dian enemy.  The  early  settlers,  being  chiefly  young  people,  their 
occupation  and  the  climate  healthful,  families  became  large,  invalids 
were  few,  and  physicians  scarce.  Dr.  Isaac  Robinson,  who  was  here 
in  i77i,was  piobably  the  first  resident  physician,  and  remained  about 
eleven  years — perhaps  till  Dr.  Benjamin  Burgess  came. 

Several  men  belonging  in  what  is  now  Goshen,  were  enrolled  among 
the  minute  men  in  Capt.  Webster's  company,  and  marched  two  days 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHE^ST.  13 

after  the  battle  of  Lexington  to  the  defence  of  that  part  of   the  state. 

The  following,  copied   from  the  state  archives,  gives  the  list  of  Capt. 
Webster's  company  of  minute  men. 

A  Muster  Boll  of  the  3Ilmite  Men  under  the  command  of  Capt. 
Hobert  Webster  in  General  Pomeroy's  Reglment,ivho  marched  from 
Chesterfield  in  the  County  of  Hampshire,  April  21,  1775. 

*  Robert  Webster,   Captain.  Ebenezer  Cole, 

*Clirist.  Binister,  Lieut.  Jabez  Covvles, 

^William  White,    Serg't.  ^Christo.  Grant, 

Daniel  I^ittlefic-ld,     "  Thos.  Pierce^ 

*John  Halbert              "  Tilly  Burk, 

James  Cox',                 "  Adam  Beal, 

Richard  Silvester,  Corp.  Stephen  Tyler, 

=^VVait  Burk,                  "  Nathan  Web  Tyler, 

Asa  Packard,  Fifer.  George  Mills,  Jun., 

Privates.  I^enj.  Got  Ball, 

Everston  Beswick,  Luke  Silvester, 

John  Shea,  Robert  Damon, 

^Richard   Burk,  Amos  Ciittenden, 

Josiah  Brown,  Sam'l  Leach, 

Joseph  Brown,  *Samuel  Olds, 

^Cyrus  Lyon,  Josiah  Clark, 

Asa  Spaulding,  Isaac  Buck, 

Enoch  Pratt,  *Benj.  Bouin, 

Zich.  Curtis,  Simeon   Higgins, 

Wm.  Damon,  Wm.  Turner.  \ 

[These  were  paid  for  six  days  service  probably  before  they  joined  Gen.  Poineroy's 
regiment.  Tlieir  names  in  October,  1775,  appear  with  others  from  Chesterfield  in 
a  muster  roll  as  the  8th  Co.  of  the  8th  Regiment  of  Foot  in  the  Continental  army, 
posted  at  Dorchester,  under  Col.  John  Fellows.] 

The  records  continue: 

Men's  Naines  that  Returned  Home. 

Travel.  Time  of  Service. 

Jere  Stockwell,    2nd  Lieut 230  miles,      i  month,  7  days, 

*Jona.  Nelson,  Corporal i    " 

Justin  Wright,  "      80     "  14" 

•Edward  Converse,    Drummer !  -2.30     " 

*    Kesidents  of  Goslien. 


14  HISTOIIY    OF    GOSIIEIS". 

Travel.  Time  of  Service. 

Frlvate^. 

"^Timo  Lyman 14 days 

Elijah   Warner 14  '" 

"^Artemas  Stone 14  " 

"^Reuben  Dresser 18   " 

*Barzillai  Banister i     " 

*Eben'r    Putney i      "  7   " 

Aaron  Jewell i      " 

Prince  Coweli 14  " 

^Oliver  Taylor 14  '• 

Chester  Kid 68  miles.  3   " 

Josiah  Perry 3   " 

The  men  that  returned  home  were  allowed  one  penny  per  riiile  for 
travel  each  way — 230  miles.  The  privates  received  about  25  cents 
per  day  as  wages.  The  two  rolls  show  the  amount  due  the  officers 
and  men  £z^2.  6s.  4d.  Signed  and  sworn  to  by  Capt.  Webster, 
December  25,  1775.  Read  in  Council  and  allowed,  February  6, 
1776.  The  names  of  Caleb  Cushman  and  Nehemiah  May  are 
included  in  another  list  of  minute  men  among  the  papers  of  Capt. 
Webster,  each  being  28  days  in  that  service. 

The  early  settlement  had  its  days  of  sorrow.  The  darkest  time 
in  its  history  was  in  1777-8.  The  "camp  distemper" — probably 
dysentery — introduced  by  a  sick  soldier,  became  epidemic  and  raged 
fearfully.  In  21  days  there  were  21  d«aths.  In  some  families  all 
the  children  died.  Reuben  Dresser  lost  three  children  in  six  days, 
Ebenezer  Putney  two  in  one  day.  Col.  May  two  in  five  days. 

Gen.  Burgoyne,  with  his  army,  was  then  on  his  way  from  the  north, 
and  the  people  were  expecting  he  would  march  across  from  Albany 
to  Boston,  laying  waste  the  country  as  he  passed.  The  probability 
that  he  might  go  through  this  section  added  not  a  little  to  the  pre- 
vailing distress.  TIu^  men  not  already  in  the  army  were  called  out  to 
oppose  his  progress,  and  so  many  went  that  the  ripened  crops  in  the 
field  stood  unharvested,  with  few  men  or  none  to  gather  them.  The 
mothers  and  daughters,  equal  to  (he  emergency,  came  to  the  rescue, 
and  with  their  own  hands  gathered  the  crops  that  were  to  supply  their 
food  for  the  dreaded  winter.  Their  self-denying  efforts  were  not  lost. 
Burgoyne  defeated  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga,  marched  from  i\lbany 

*    Residents  of  Gosher, 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  15 

to  Boston,  as  d  prisoner  of  war  with  his  humiliated  army,  and  the 
patriotic  women  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeino- a  portion  of  the  prison- 
ers pass  through  this  town  under  guard  of  our  soldiers. 

The  winter  of  17S0  was  known  among  the  early  settlers  as  "The 
Hard  Winter."  Severe  cold  and  deep  snow  prevailed,  and  for  six 
weeks  the  sun  did  not  melt  the  snow  on  the  sunny  side  of  the  build- 
ings. Deer  huddled  together  where  they  could  browse  among  the 
small  twigs  of  trees,  and  being  unable  to  escape  through  the  deep 
snow  by  flight,  were  easily  killed  with  clubs,  and  to  such  an  extent 
v.'as  the  slaughter,  that  they  were  nearly  exterminated.  Major 
Ambrose  Stone  removed  here  April  20th  of  that  year,  and  gave  it  as 
a  fact  that  at  that  time  the  fences  were  buried  in  the  snow  out  of 
sight,  "stakes  and  all.'"'  The  snow  was  then  so  solid  that  loaded 
teams  travelled  over  it  wherever  their  drivers  chose. 

The  Dark  Day  of  May  19,  1780,  belonged  to  this  period.  An 
unusual  darkness  extended  over  New  England  nearly  all  day  and 
night.  Candles  were  needed  at  noon-day,  fowls  went  to  their  roost, 
the  frogs  peeped  as  though  it  were  evening,  and  in  the  universal 
gloom  many  people  thought  the  final  day  had  surely  come.  The 
cause  of  the  darkness  was  never  satisfactorily  explained,  and  the 
answer  of  the  punning  Rev.  Dr.  Byles,  sent  by  the  servant,  was  per- 
haps as  good  as  could  have  been  given  :  "  Tell  your  mistress  I  am  as 
much  in  the  dark  as  she  is." 

Luxuries  in  these  early  days  were  rarities.  The  dress  of  the  peo- 
ple was  prepared  more  with  reference  to  comfort  than  to  the  dictate 
of  city  fashions.  Buckskin  mittens  and  breeches  were  in  common 
use.  Shoes  with  leggins  were  for  winter  wear,  and  boots  were  so  rare 
an  article  that  a  young  fellow  from  abroad  wearing  a  pair  was  nick- 
named '*  Boots,"  for  his  extravagance.  Flax  was  then,  as  for  long 
years  afterward,  raised,  pulled,  rotted,  broken,  swingled,  hatcheled 
spun,  woven  and  wrought  into  clothing  for  summer  wear  ;  and  wool 
from  the  fleece  was  carded,  spun,  dyed,  woven  by  th(;  hand  of  woman 
for  winter  clothing.  The  cradle  for  the  infant  was  a  segment  of  a 
hollow  log;  a  block  of  wood  served  for  a  chair;  an  upright  block 
three  feet  high,  with  a  cavity  in  the  top,  and  a  heavy  pestle,  was  used 
for  reducing  corn  to  hominy  for  many  a  frugal  meal.  "Bean  por- 
ridge hot,  bean  porridge  cold,"  and  "bean  porridge  nine  days  okK" 
was  one  of  the  luxuries  that  came  of  a  liberal  preparation  of  pot-luck. 
Wooden  plates,  or  no  plates,  was  the  early  fashion,  then  came  pewter 
dishes,  and  finally  earthen. 


16  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN 


CHAPTER  II. 

1781. 

The  "Gore"  seemed  to  be,  in  some  respects,  unfortunately  situated. 
Its  eaily  settlers,  as  already  stated,  had  been  at  one  time  annexed  to 
Chesterfield,  but  to  restore  peace,  were  again  set  off.  Their  necessi- 
ties finally  compelled  them  again  to  appeal  to  the  General  Court,  re- 
citing their  giievances,  and  asking  to  be  incorporated  as  a  town. 
They    say    in    their    petition: 

That,  whereas  the  First  and  Second  Additional  Grants  to  Narragansett  townshi)) 
No.  4  were  formerly  one  propriety,  properly  and  conveniently  situated  for  the  bene- 
fit of  society,  which  benefit  those  of  us  which  were  the  first  purchasers  and  settlers 
of  said  land  expected  to  have  enjoyed,  but  to  our  astonishment  and  great  disap- 
pointment, and  also  without  the  consent  or  knowledge  of  the  proprietors  and  in- 
habitai-.ts  thereof,  it  was  in  the  year  1762  torn  asunder  and  divided  by  an  Act  of 
Court  incorporating  said  First  Additional  Grant,  together  with  a  plantation  called 
New  Ilingham  into  a  town  by  the  name  of  Chesterfield,  greatly  to  the  disadvan- 
tage of  the  proprietors  of  the  said  Second  Additional  Grant,  or  Chesterfield  Gore, 
in  that  they  were  thereby  left  a  small,  unincorporated,  poor  people,  without  a  suffi- 
ciency of  land  for  a  society,  and  were  thereby  unable  to  support  a  minister  of  the 
gospel,  and  consequently  have  to  this  day  been  deprived  of  one  of  the  natural  rights 
of  mankind,  as  also  one  of  the  greatest  blessings,  benefits  and   privileges  of  society  : 

"And  whereas,  your  petitioners  and  other  inhabitants  of  said  Gore,  with  a  num- 
ber of  inhabitants  living  on  the  northwardly  part  of  Chesterfield,  which  also  makes 
a  part  of  this  church,  and  whose  petition  is  now  pending  in  Court  to  be  annexed  to 
said  Gore,  have,  for  the  space  of  several  months,  jointly  agreed  in  carrying  on  the 
public  worship  of  God,  and  in  supporting  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  are  earnest- 
ly desirous  of  having  a  legal  right  to  do  so  in  the  future;  therefore,  your  petitioners 
most  earnestly  supplicate  your  honors  to  take  their  case  into  your  serious  consider- 
atit)n,  and  enlarge  their  borders,  by  incorporating  them  with  such  a  part  of  Ches- 
terfield as  are  willing  and  desirous  to  be  annexed  to  said  Gore,  and  which  will  best 
accommodate  them  and  least  incommode  the  town  of  Chesterfield,  which,  we  hum- 
bly conceive,  your  honors  are  fully  sensible,  is  the  only  land  that  can  accommodate 
said  Gore  to  make  ihem  a  convenient  town,  and  build  them  a  society  sufiiciently 
able  to  support  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  thereby,  not  only  your  destitute  peti- 
tioners, but  also  the  whole  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  Gore,  consisting  of  more  than 
200  souls,  will  be  put  into  a  circumstance  whereby  they  will  be  able  to  support  the 
gospel." 


HISTORY    OY    GOSHEN.  1^ 

Capt.  Thomas  Weeks  presented  the  matter  to  the  Court  in  1779 
and  again  in  1781.  In  January  of  the  latter  year,  moved  bv  "the 
petition  of  Thomas  Weeks,  a^ent  to  the  petitioners  of  a  part  of  Ches- 
terfield,'' also  of  the  "petitioners  of  a  Gore  of  land,  called  Chester- 
field Gore,"  a  committee  was  appointed  by  the  General  Court  to  repair 
t©  Chesterfield,  hear  the  parties,  and  report  at  the  next  session  of  the 
Court.  Tiie  action  of  the  committee  may  be  inferred  from  a  letter 
of   which  the  following  is  a  copy: 

Norwich,  May  i,  1781. 
Sir:  I  have  let't  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  on  the  matters  relating  to 
the  Gore,  Narragansett  No.  4,  and  Chesterfield,  with  landlord  Elisha  Lyman  and 
all  the  papers  except  yours,  left  with  me,  which  are  here  enclosed.  If  you  go  down 
this  session,  remember  to  carry  down  to  Court  the  plan  of  that  part  of  Narragan- 
sett No.  4,  as  Capt.  White  proposed  to  the  committee  when  at  Mr.  May's,  represent- 
ing those  that  were  willing  to  be  annexed  to  the  Gore.  Doct.  Mather  and  Doct. 
Shepard  propose  not  to  go  down  this  session,  and  I  can't.  You  will  do  as  you 
think  best  respecting  going  down  this  session  or  the  next.  We  have  closed  our  re- 
port, which  if  you  send,  you  will  have  safely  conveyed  to  the    Secretary  as  directed. 

Doct.  Mather's  bill  13  |  9  hard  money. 
Doct.  Shepard's  bill  7  |  10    "        " 

I  am  Sr.  your  most  Humble  Serv't, 

John  Kirkland. 
To  Mr.  Joshua  AbelL 

The  act  of  incorporation  finally  passed  May  14,  1781,  and  was  ap- 
proved by  John  Hai:cock,  Governor.  The  name  given  in  the  act  is 
Goshan — probably  a  clerical  error.  The  origin  of  the  name,  as  given 
by  Dea.  Oliver  '1  aylor  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Cathcart,  is  said  by  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Polly  Tilton,  to  have  been  this  : — Goshen  of  old  was 
the  best  part  of  Egypt,  so  the  name  was  considered  appropriate  for 
what  was  claimed  to  be   the  best  part  of  Chesterfield. 

The  town  meeting,  for  organization,  was  held  pursuant  to  a  warrant 
issued  by  Jacob  Sherwin,  Esq.,  of  Ashfield,  May  23,  at  the  house  of 
John  Williams,  which  then  stood  just  above  the  burying  ground. 
Lieut.  Thomas  Weeks  was  chosen  clerk  ;  Joshua  Abell,  treasurer; 
Capt.  William  White,  Lieut.  Lemuel  Lyon,  Maj.  Christopher  Banister, 
selectmen  and  assessors;  Thomas  Brown  and  Ebeneztr  Parsons, 
constables;  Farnum  White,  Lemuel  Banister,  Ebenezer  Putne}^,  Lieut. 
Tmioihy  Lyman,  Thomas  Weeks  and  Barzillai  Banister,  highway  sur- 
veyors; John  Williams,  sealer  of  weights  and  measures;  Lemuel 
Banister  and  Farnum  While,  tythingmen;  John  Smith  and  Maj.  Chris- 


18  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^. 

topher  Banister,  fence  viewers;  Samuel  Olds,  leather  sealer;  Barzillai 
Banister,  deer-reeve;  Neheraiah  May,  Daniel  Brown,  Barzillai  Banis- 
ter and  Lemuel  Banister,  hog-reeves. 

The  selectmen  called  another  town  meeting,  June  4,  1781. 

Capt.  Wm.  White  was  chosen  moderator.  Voted  to  raise  50  pounds  silver 
money  for  repair  of  highways  and  to  allow  3  shillings  per  day  for  a  man,  i  shilling 
and  six  pence  for  a  good  yoke  of  oxen,  r  shilling  each  for  a  plough  and  cart.  Vo- 
ted that  hogs  should  not  run  at  large. 

It  was  voted  to  give  Mr.  Joseph  Barker  a  call  to  settle  with'them  in 
the  work  of  the  ministry.  June  21,  it  was  voted  to  offer  him  loo' 
pounds  as  an  "encouragement."  His  salary  was  to  be  40  pounds  the 
first  year  and  after  that  to  increase  annually  five  pounds,  until  it 
amounted  to  sixty  pounds.  Voted  that  Lemuel  Banister,-  David 
Stearns  and  Thomas  Brown  wait  on  Mr.  Barker  with  said  offers,  but 
the  call  was  not  accepted. 

August  21,  voted  to  raise  thirt\'-six  pounds,  three  shillings,  for  pay- 
ing the  bounty  and  wages  of  three  soldiers  for  three  months  service, 
and  to  procure  5  linen  shirts,  5  pairs  stockings  and  shoes,  and  2 
blankets;  also  2101  lbs.  of  beef  for  the  army,  all  in  obedience  to  acts  of 
the  General  Court,  and  voted  to  raise  32  pounds  of  money  to  pay  for 
the  beef. 

October  16,  the  town  voted  that  Ebenezer  Putney,  Timothy  Lyman, 
Thomas  Hamilton,  Benjamin  Burgess,  Oliver  Taylor,  Christopher 
Banister  and  William  Hallock,  divide  the  town  into  school  districts. 
Their  report  was  made  and  fortunately  entered  upon  the  town  rec- 
ords, and  is  interesting,  as  it  probably  shows  the  whole  number  of 
families  in  the  town  at  that  time.  The  list  will  be  given  in  a  future 
chapter.  The  town  voted  to  raise  15  pounds  for  preaching,  and  chose 
Lemuel  Banister,  Thomas  Brown,  Farnum  White,  Thomas  Weeks  and 
David  Stearns  a  committee  to  employ  a  preacher. 

F(?/e<^  November  15,  to  raise  25  pounds  for  schooling. 

Voted  December  21,  1781,  that  Mr.  Joshua  Abell  receive  the  donations  that  may 
be  given  in  this  town  to  the  support  of  tlie  sufferers  in  the  Southern  States,  agreea- 
ble to  a  brief  from  his  Excellency,  John  Hancock,  and  pay  the  same  to  the  gentle- 
man said  brief  directs. 

Voted  10  hire  Mr.  Fowler  to  preach  ten  Sabbaths  more. 

The  town's  first  year  was  full  of  activity  and  not  a  little   perplexity. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  19 

The  matter  of  religious  worship  had  a  prominent  place,  and  the  loca- 
tion of  the  meetinghouse,  as  usual  in  the  new  towns,  was  not  easily 
settled.  It  was  voted  in  November,  that  David  Stearns,  Lemuel 
Lyon,  John  James,  Lemuel  Banister,  James  Packard,  Thomas  Hamil- 
ton and  Joshua  Abell  be  a  committee  to  set  up  a  stake  on  tlie  hill  in 
Lieut,  Lyman's  field,  and  another  in  the  first  convenient  place  south 
of  the  burying  ground.  It  was  voted  to  erect  the  house  on  the  last 
named  spot;  that  it  should  be  50  feet  long,  40  feet  wide,  with  posts 
two  feet  shorter  than  the  Chesterfield  meetinghouse.  The  timber  was 
brought  to  the  place,  but,  May  20,  17S2,  the  vote  was  changed  and  a 
new  site  selected  ten  rods  north  of  the  house  of  Lemuel  Lyon.  This 
was  not  satisfactory,  and  the  next  day  it  was  voted  to  refer  the  mat- 
ter to  a  committee  chosen  from  the  neighboring  towns.  Dea.  Ebene- 
zer  Snell  of  Cummington,  Capt.  Benj.  Phillips  of  Ashfield,  Josiah 
Dwight  of  Williamsburgh,  were  chosen,  and  William  Ward,  Jacob 
Sherwin,  W'illiam  Bodman  were  added,  but  nothing  came  of  their  ac- 
tion. The  contribution  of  an  acre  of  land  by  the  widow  of  Col.  Ezra 
May,  and  a  half  acre  by  Lieut.  Lemuel  Lyon,  finally  decided  the  ques- 
tion. The  donations  were  accepted  May  30,  and  it  was  voted  to  set 
the  house  on  the  division  line  between  Lieut.  Lemuel  Lyon  and  the 
widow  Margaret  May's,  on  the  east  side  of  the  road,  leading  from 
Widow  May's  to  said  Lyon's.  The  hi<2;hway  at  that  time  was  some 
rods  west  of  the  present  one.  The  house  was  built  during  that  year, 
and  the  first  town  meeting  was  held  in  it  December  19.  It  was  then 
voted  to  purchase  an  acre  and  a  half  of  land  to  convene  siad  house, 
and  also  one-fourth  of  an  acre  outside  of  the  acre  already  staked  out 
— the  east  stakes  to  stand.  This  same  piece  of  land  that  served  to 
end  one  long  controversy  was  the  cause  of  another,  that  was  still 
longer  and  more  bitter.  The  land  was  constantly  lessened  in  area 
by  encroachments;  the  removal  of  the  highway  to  the  east  cut  off  a 
portion  of  it;  the  highway  on  the  north  side  severed  another  portion. 
The  purchasers  of  the  May  farm  found  that  their  deeds  included  the 
remainder  of  the  Common,  as  it  has  long  been  called,  making  no  re- 
servation of  the  land  sold  "to  convene  the  meetinghouse."  So  there 
came  to  be  two  sets  of  claimants  for  the  land,  causing  a  long  contro- 
versy in  the  courts,  in  the  case  of  Goslien  vs.  Utley.  The  people  were 
divided  into  twp  parlies,  and  for  a  whole  decade,  beginning  in  1847, 
the  contest  was  active  and  exciting.  It  was  finally  settled  by  com- 
promise, as  it  should  have  been  at   the  beginning,  and   the    rights  of 


20  •      HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

each  party  were  made  secure  for   the  future  by  mutual  deeds  of  quit- 
claim. 

The  church  was  built  with  porches  at  the  east  and  west  ends, 
through  which  stairways  led  to  the  galleries.  The  pews  were  box- 
like enclosures,  nearly  square,  wiih  seats  on  each  of  the  four  sides, 
facing  inward.  In  front,  on  either  side  of  the  pulpit,  were  the  dea- 
cons' seats,  where  these  solemn  officials  sat  overlooking  the  congrega- 
tion to  see  that  everything  was  done  in  an  orderly  and  ortiiodox 
manner.  Tythingmen  also  kept  constant  watch  that  no  breach  of 
order  should  disturb  the  Sabbath  services.  The  pulpit  had  its  sound- 
ing-board suspended  like  an  umbrella  over  the  preacher's  head, —  a 
constant  conundrum  for  the  small  boy.  The  house  had  neither  bell 
nor  steeple,  and  for  many  years  no  means  for  warming,  save  the  foot- 
stoves  carried  by  the  mothers,  and  replenished,  between  the  services, 
from  some  charitable  "  fire-place  "  near  the  church.  No  wonder  that 
the  boys  during  the  bleak  winter  afternoons,  when  the  mercury  was  at 
zero  and  the  services  were  prolonged  till  nearly  sunset,  should  watch 
with  interest  for  the  turnii^g  of  the  last  leaf  of  the  long  sermon.  .  And 
yet  ''Sunday  sickness"  had  not  been  invented,  and  parents  and 
children  were  constant  attendants. 

The  annual  town  meetings,  for  51  years,  were  held  in  the  house, 
and  it  would  not  be  strange  if  its  w^alls  sometimes  echoed  sentiments 
and  speeches  that  were  not  in  entire  harmony  with  orthodox  creeds. 

In  1835,  the  house  having  been  unroofed  by  a  tornado  the  year 
before,  was  removed  across  the  street  to  its  present  site,  remodeled, 
repaired,  painted,  and  provided  with  a  bell,  the  latter  the  donation 
of  Col.  Timothy  Lyman.  The  work  was  done  by  Caleb  Loud  of 
Westhampton.  Extensive  repairs  were  again  made  on  the  church  in 
1859,  when  it  was  repainted  within  and  without. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  21 


CHAPTER  III. 

1782. 

At  the  first  annual  meeting,  which  was  held  at  the  house  of  John  Williams,  John 
James  was  chosen  Moderator  ;  Thomas  Weeks,  Clerk;  Thomas  Brown,  Treasurer  ; 
Capt.  Wm.  White,  Maj.  Christopher  15anister,  Lieut.  Oliver  Taylor,  Selectmen  ; 
John  James,  Reuben  Dresser,  Capt.  Wm.  White,  Assessors;  Barzillai  Banister, 
Neh.  May,  Constables;  Farnum  White,  John  Smith,  Tythingnien  ;  Maj.  Cbr. 
Banister,  Farnum  White,  Moses  Dresser,  B.  Banister,  Artemas  Stone,  Ebenezer 
Putney,  Surveyors  of  Ways  and  Bridges  ;  James  Packard,  Adams  Beals,  Fence 
Viewers;  Samuel  Olds,  Leather  Sealer;  Christopher  Grant,  DeerT^eeve ;  John 
Williams,  Sealer  of  Wei^ihts  and  Measures  ;  Justin  Parsons,  Daniel  Brown,  David 
Stearns,  Capt.  Wm.  White,  Cyrus  Lyon,  Hog-Reeves. 

Voted  to  allow  Thomas  Weeks,  nine  shillings  for  surveying  roads. 

April  I.  Wm.  White,  Moderator.  Voted  to  raise  65  pounds  for  repairing  high- 
ways. Voted  to  confirm  what  the  Assessors  have  done  with  respect  to  classing  said 
inhabitants  to  raise  two  Conti  nental  soldiers,  agreeable  to  the  resolve  of  the  General 
Couit.  Voted  to  choose  a  delegate  to  send  to  the  County  Convention  at  Hatfield, 
and  elected  Wm.  White  said  delegate.  Voted  6o  pounds  for  paying  a  man  already 
procured  for  the  army  for  three  years.  _ 

The  records  show  that  Barnabas  Potter,  a  soldier  in  the  old  Cana- 
dian regiment,  was  a  deserter  from  the  continental  army,  but  his 
friends  procured  a  substitute,  one  William  Jones,  and  obtained  Pot- 
ter's discharge. 

1783. . 

October  6.  Voted  not  to  pay  any  Continental,  State  or  County  taxes  until  Con- 
gress rescind  their  vote,  allowing  five  years  pay  to  the  officers  of  the  Continental 
army. 

What  the  effect  of  that  vote  was  upon  Congress  we  are  not 
informed,  but  the  town  continued  to  pay  its  share  of  the  public  taxes. 

1784. 

The  town  had  one  man  who  evidently  was  not  an  office-seeker. 


22  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX, 

June  7.  Voted  that  Samuel  Grimes  give  an  obligation  to  the  Selectmen  to  serve 
as  Constable  and  Collector;  or  procure  some  meet  person  to  serve  in  his  room  and 
stead  ;  or  give  a  note  on  demand  with  interest,  for  the  fine  prescribed  by  law,  for 
refusing  to  serve  in  these  offices. 

November  16.  The  town  voted  that  paper  currency  is  absolutely 
necessary  to  discharge  our  quota  of  the  debt  contracted  in  the  late 
war  belonging  to  this  Commonwealth,  money  borrowed  of  foreign 
nations  excepted.  Voted  to  recommend  the  neighboring  towns  to 
take  similar  action.  Lemuel  Banister  was  chosen  to  represent  the 
town  in  a  County  Convention,  and  a  petition  was  suggested  to  aid  the 
matter  "in  a  constitutional  way." 

1785. 

January  11.  Road  laid  irom  Ezekiel  Corbin's  by  the  Willard 
Packard  place  to  intersect  with  the  highway  leading  from  John 
Jipson's  to  Jaraes  Orr's. 

1786. 

Voted  that  it  is  expedient  to  have  a  paper  currency  emitted,  and  that  William 
White,  Doctor  Benj,  Burgess  and  (Jliver  Taylor  be  a  committee  to  prefer  a  peti- 
tion to  the  General  Court  for  that  purpose.  Town  chtsse  school  committees  in 
each  district.  Voted  th*at  the  school  money  be  divided  according  to  the  number  of 
persons  from  5  to  18  years  old.  A  new  district  was  formed  of  the  families  taken 
from  Conway  and  annexed  to  Goshen,  including  also  Samuel  Mett  and  Williara 
Header.  It  was  voted  to  raise  15  pounds  for  building  a  pulpit  in  the  meeting 
house. 

1787. 

January  i.     Voted  to  raise  15c  pounds  for  building  school  houses. 

1788. 

Voted  to  build  five  school  houses,  and  that  Reuben  Dresser  and  Eben'r  Putney 
be  a  committee  to  build  a  school  house  in  the  South  East  District  ;  Farnum  White 
and  Deacon  Stone  in  the  Middle  District;  Lemuel  Banister  and  Cyrus  Lyon  for 
the  South  West  District ;  Capt.  B.  Banister  and  Ambrose  Stone  for  the  North 
West  District  ;  Nath'l  Abell  and  Capt.  Jona.  Snow  for  the  North  East  District 
In  I789  the  North  East  and  Middle  Districts  were  united. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 


23 


1790. 

Road  laid  from  Ashfield  line  by  Daniel  Kellogg's  to  Ambrose 
Stone's.  It  passed  around  the  west  side  of  what  is  now  called  Mt. 
Rood,  and  by  the  house  of  Joshua  Packard. 

In  order  to  prevent  their  "gaining  a  settlement,"  the  following  per- 
sons were  warned  out  of  town: 


Silas  Bassett, 

Freeborn  Mayhew, 

Adam  Beals, 

Enoch  Beals, 

Adam  Beals,  Jr., 

John  Mansfield, 

Jonathan  Snow, 

Edward  Wing, 

Reuben  Howes, 

Samuel  Luce, 

Sahuhiel  Tilton,         » 

Samuel  Tviott, 

larnum  White, 

Daniel  Brown, 

Isaac  Tower, 

Phineas  Manning, 

Jonah  Williams, 

Widow  Jan  net  Halbert, 

Steven  Grover, 

Shepherd  More, 

Jedediah  Buckingham, 

Levy  Olds, 

Sylvanus  Stone,  but  not  his  wife, 

Nathan  Halbert,  but  not  his  wife, 

Greenwood  Brown, 

Isaac  Kingman, 

Joseph  Jepson, 

James  Orr, 

John  Powers, 

James  Packard, 

Ens.  Ambrose  Stone, 


James  Partrick,' 

Daniel  Kellogg, 

John  Jepson, 

Thomas  Weeks, 

Elihu  Parsons, 

Ste[ihen  Kellogg, 

Widow  Mary  Gates, 

Doctor  John  Kittredge, 

Malachi  James, 

Caleb  Gush  man, 

j\Iaj.  Barziliai  Banister, 

James  Halbert, 

Joseph  Naramore, 

Zebulon  Willcutt, 

Abner  Damon, 

Widow  Deborah  Naramore, 

John  Williams, 

Widow  Grimes, 

James  Grimes^ 

Moses  James, 

Watson  Robinson, 

Benjamin  Bourn, 

Moses  Hay  ward, 

Micah  Jepson, 

Micah  Jepson,  Jr., 

Asa  Chamberlain, 

George  Dorr, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

John  James, 

James  Wheeler, 

Alpheus  Naramore, 


24 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHJ^X. 


Jonathan  Russell, 
Capt.  Lemuel  Banister, 
John  Rogers, 
Ebenezer  White, 
Josiah  White, 
Widow  Abigail  White, 
Widow  Molly  White, 
Ezekid  White, 
Ezekiel  White,  Jr., 


Nathaniel  Vinton, 
Abiathar  Vinton, 
Levy  Vinton, 
Zebulon  Richmond, 
Richard  Tower, 
Doctor  Benjamin  Burgess, 
Widow  Elizabeth  Grant, 
Widow  Mary  Parker,  together  with 
their  families. 


Also  the  tvlves  of  the  fWoiving  men,  viz: 


Ebenezer  Putney, 
Joshua  Abell, 
Joshua  Abell.  Jr., 
Nathaniel  Abell, 
Benjamin  Abell, 
Justin  Parsons, 
Cyrus  Stearns, 
John  Stearns, 


James  Whitcomb, 

Lemuel  Lyon, 

Silas  Paisons  and 

William  Beals  and  family,  also 

Cyrus  Lyon  and 

Thaddeus  Naramore,  but  not  their 

wives,  also, 
Philip  Allen  and  family. 


Hampshire,  ss.  Goshen,  April  4,  1791.  By  virtue  of  the  within 
warrant,  I  have  warned  as  directed,  that  said  inhabitants  reside  in 
said  town  no  longer,  except  the  widow  Abigail  White  and  Mary  White 
and  the  wife  of  Cyrus  Stearns  and  Ebenezer  Putney's. 

Justin  Parsons,  Constable. 
Fees  for  warning,  12  |  . 


792. 


Voted  to  sell  the  school  house  by  the  meetinghouse  at  vendue,  and  to  raise  forty 
five  pounds  for  building  school  houses. 


1793. 


Voted  tft)  fence  the  burying  ground  with  stone  wall,  and  chose  Reuben  Dresser 
and  Ebenezer  Putney  committee  for  that. purpose.  Voted  that  the  singers  improve 
the  fore  seats  in  the  gallery,  in  the  meetirg'iousc  on  Lord's  day.^.  Middle  school 
district  divided  by  the  brook  east  of  the  meetinghou.se,  and  extends  so  far  north  as- 
to  include  Edward  Orcutt  and  Benjamin  Abel!. 


HISTORY   OF    GOSHBX.  25 

1796. 

Voted  to  paint  the  roof  and  porches  of  the  church,  and  hang  the  doors  of  the 
pews  in  the  galleries.  Voted  to  raise  ^200  for  schooling.  The  report  of  a  commit- 
tee was  accepted,  recommending  that  only  two  masters  be  employed  for  the  winter; 
and  that  they  remove  from  one  district  to  another  as  the  selectmen  direct,  and 
that  a  larger-proportion  of  the  money  be  devoted  to  the  summer  schools.  It  was  vot- 
ed to  build  a  pound  and  set  it  "the  west  side  of  the  road  opposite  the  Gun  House." 
Voted  to  finish  the  back  side  of  the  meetinghouse  and  paint  the  same. 

1797. 

January.  The  small  pox  broke  out  in  the  east  part  of  the  town, 
and  a  meeting  was  called  "to  see  if  the  town  will  agree  to  let  any  per- 
sons have  the  small  pox  by  way  of  inoculation  who  have  not  been  ex- 
posed to  it."  It  was  voted,  after  much  opposition,  that  Doctor  Ben- 
jamin Burgess,  Dea.  Oliver  Taylor,  Capt.  Ambrose  Stone,  Lieut. 
Nehemiah  May,  Mr.  Justin  Parsons,  Dea.  Thomas  Brown,  and  Lieut. 
Ebenezer  Parsons  be  a  committee  to  conduct  the  business  respecting 
the  small  pox  as  they  shall  think  best. 

1799. 

History  never  tires  of  repeating  itself.  The  town  voted  that  the 
money  raised  by  the  dog  tax  should  be  appropriated  to  the  support 
of  schools.     Tiie  same  thing  is  now  done  under  the  law  of    the  state. 

1801. 

Voted  to  take  part  of  the  money  recovered  from  Mr.  J.unes  Grimes  of  Xewtou 
for  support  of  a  pauper  to  buy  weights  and  m^asuvjs. 

1805. 

The  town  appears  to  have  owned  the  books  belonging  to  the 
schools,  an  idea  which  in  some  places  is  in  practical  operation  in  later 
times. 

Voted  that  the  Selectmen  have  the  care  and  charge  of  the  school  books  belonging- 
to  the  town,  and  distribute  them  among  the  several  schot)ls  as  they  judf^e  proper. 

April  I.  Voted  to  accept  the  grant  made  to  the  town  by  Mr.  John  James  in  his 
will  expressed  in  the  following  terms  :  Item,  i  give  unto  the  town  of  Goshen  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  equally  by  my  executors,  if  the  town  will 
accept  of  such  a  trifle,  on  the  following  terms,  (to  wit)  :  To  be  under  the  care  and 


26  HISTOKY    OF    G0^^11E^^ 

inspection  or  the  Selectmen,  unless  the  town  see  fit  to  choose  a  committee  to  take 
care  of  it,  on  interest,  to  be  annually  paid  for  the  full  term  of  one  hundred  years, 
from  and  after  my  decease.  The  person  or  persons  who  hire  said  money  are  to 
procure  a  good  and  sufficient  bondsman,  and  whatever  expense  may  arise  in  conse- 
quence «f  letting  said  money,  is  to  be  paid  by  the  town,  so  that  no  encroachment 
may  be  made  on  said  money,  and  at  the  end  of  the  above  mentioned  time  of  one 
hundred  years,  the  aforesaid  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  together  with  all  the 
interest  that  may  arise  therefrom,  be  the  same  more  or  kss,  is  to  be  forever  kept 
on  interest  under  the  aforesaid  regulations,  and  the  interest  arising  therefrom  is  to 
be  appropriated  for  the  support  of  a  Gospel  minister  in  said  town,  of  the  Congre- 
gational standing  order  so  called ;  for  the  support  of  schools,  and  for  the  support 
of  the  poor  in  said  town,  for  the  building  and  repairing  of  public  buildings,  as  the 
case  may  be. 

180(5. 

This  year  was  noted  for  the  execution  of  Daley  and  Halligan,  in 
Northarapton,  June  6,  for  the  murder  of  Marcus  I^yon  in  Wilbraham. 
it  was  thought  15,000  people  from  the  surrounding  towns  were  present. 
The  culprits  were  executed  about  3  r.  m.  The  day  was  very  hot,  and 
the  spectators  suffered  greatly  from  thirst. 

June  16  was  long  remembered  for  the  total  eclipse  of  the  sun  about 
midday.  The  stars  appeared,  the  fowls  went  to  roost,  men  left  their 
work,  and  some  persons  were  so  impressed  by  the  prevailing  gloom, 
that  they  fainted.  The  total  eclipse'  lasted  about  three  minutes, 
when  the  sun  came  out  a^ain  with  unusual  brightness,  and  was  wel- 
comed by  the  crowing  of  the  chanticleers,  the  songs  of  the  birds  and 
the  rejoicing  of  the  people. 

1808. 

The  political  troubles  that  culminated  in  the  war  of  1812  engaged 
the  attention  of  the  people  early  as  1808.  The  town  appointed  Dea- 
con Taylor,  William  White,  Deacon  Parsons  and  Col.  Neh.  May  to 
draft  and  forward  a  memorial  to  Congress,  asking  for  an  explanation 
of  their  measures  respecting  the  Embargo,  and  for  redress  of  certain 
grievances.  In  August,  in  response  to  a  letter  from  the  Selectmen  of 
Boston,  the  Selectmen  of  the  town  were,  directed  to  petition  the  Pres- 
ident for  a  suspension  of  the  Embargo. 

1810. 

January  19  was  memorable  for  its  severe  weather.  The  mercury 
fell  from  47*^  above  zero  at  sunset  to  12^  below, — 59""  in  8  hours.     A 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  Zi 

violent,  piercing  nor?li-vvest  wind  prevailed,  that  in  some  places  pros- 
trated trees  and  buildings.  There  was  much  suffering,  and  some 
persons  and  animals  perished. 

18]].      • 

The  town  voted  unanimously  against  the  proposed  division  of  the 
Couniy  of  Hampshire,  and  instructed  Oliver  Taylor,  Esq.,  represen- 
tative elect,  to  use  his  best  endeavors  to  prevent  it. 

Note.— llampsliireCouuty  formerly  incluflefl  all  the  territory  of  Massachusetts  Ave.-t  ot 
Worcester  County.  Berkshire  County  was  set  ofl"in  April,  17(51 ;  r'ranklin  County  in  June, 
1811 :  Hampden  in  February,  ISl'i. 

1812. 

In  the  month  of  June',  Congress  declared  war  against  Great  Britain. 
The  Federalists  in  the  previous  election  in  this  state  had  elected  tiie 
Governor,  Caleb  Strong  of  Northampton,  and  a  majority  of  the  House 
of  Representatives.  The  House  prepared  an  address,  regretting  the 
war  and  declaring  it  impolitic  and  inexpedient.  The  Senate  was 
Democratic,  and  published  an  address  approving  the  war  and  declar- 
ing it  in  their  opinion  just  and  necessary.  This  town  was  strongly 
Federal  in  politics,  and  passed  a  series  of  resolutions  deprecating  the 
war  and  denouncing  the  war  measures  of  the  administration  in  very 
strong  terms.  A  petition  was  sent  to  the  Legislature,  suggesting  a 
convention  of  all  the  northern  and  commercial  states  by  delegates  to 
be  appointed  by  their  Legislatures,  to  consult  upon  measures  for  pro- 
curing such  alterations  in  the  Federal  Constitution  as  would  give  the 
Northern  States  a  due  proportion  of  representation,  as  "in  conse- 
quence of  the  slaves,  the  Southern  States  have  by  far  too  great  ah  in- 
fluence, disproportioned  to  their  wealth,  strength,  and  resources." 

But  their  opposition  to  what  they  termed,  offensive  \\3.y,  did  not  pre- 
vent furnishing  men  for  the  defence  of  the  state. 

1814. 

Gov.  Strong  declined  to  raise  troops  to  be  placed  at  the  command 
of  the  President,  but  issued  a  call  for  troops  in  the  autumn  of  1814, 
to  be  used  in  case  of  emergency  within  the  commonwealth.  Thir- 
teen men  from  this  town  were  drafted  and  went  to  Boston  for  the 
defence  of  the  seaboard  against  the  anticipated  attacks  of  the  British. 


:1S  II18TOKY    OF    COSIIEN. 

They  met  in  Chesterfield  and  started  on  liieir  march  Sabbatli  morn- 
ing:, September  II,  1814.  They  formed  a  part  of  a  legiment  of 
infantry  made  up  from  the  militia  companies  vn  the  northern  portion 
of  old  Hampshire  County.  Col.  Thomas  Longley  of  Hawley  was  in 
command  of  the  regiment.  The  names  of  the  soldiers  that  belonged 
to  this  town  were:  Timothy  Lyman,  Asahel  Billings,  P^noch  James, 
William  Tilton,  John  Fuller,  Stephen  Paisons,  Arad  Hosford,  Ezra 
Stearns,  Abishai  Williams,  William  Abell,  Oliver  T.  Cathcart,  Samuel 
Wing  and  Robert  Piarrovvs.  They  were  joined  with  detachments  of 
companies  from  other  towns,  in  sufficient  number  to  make  up  a  com- 
pany. Timothy  Lyman  was  detailed  from  the  regiment  to  serve  as 
the  captain,  and  Asahel  Billings  as  orderly  sergeant.  They  were  sta- 
tioned at  Commercial  Point,  Dorchester,  where  they  saw  little  of  tiie 
hardships  and  sufferings  incident  to  war  beyond  the  daily  rotuine  of 
caiTip  life,  but  nothing  of  the  expected  foe.  One  of  their  number, 
Ezra  Stearns,  sickened  and  died  at  the  hospital  in  Boston,  at  the  very 
hour  the  Governor  was  reviewing  the  troops  on  the  Comnjon,  prelim- 
inar)''  to  their  discharge.  He  was  buried  at  Dorchester  with  military 
honors.  The  troops  were  dismissed  in  October,  iiaving  been  in  camp 
about  forty  days;  and  thus  ended  what  was  known  at  tiiat  day  as 
"Governor  Strong's  War."  The  Goshen  company  were  ^in  uniform, 
and  received  in  consequence,  before  leaving  camp,  a  gratuity  from 
the  state.  A  military  company  in  uniform  was  a  spectacle  of  so  rare 
occurrence  at  that  time,  that  on  their  way  home  they  were  induced  to 
march  tvv'o  or  three  miles  out  of  a  village  and  accept  thediospitalities 
of  a  gentleman  who  was  anxious  to  have  his  family  enjoy  so  novel  a 
sight. 

181(3. 

This  year  was  remarkable  for  its  cold  summer.  Severe  frosts  oc- 
curred in  every  month.  June  7  and  8  snow  fell,  and  it  was  too  cold 
for  comfort  even  in  winter  clothing,  and  frosts  cut  the  corn  down  to 
the  roots,  but  it  was  replanted.  September  25,  corn  was  still  in  the 
milk  and  so  thoroughly  frozen  by  three  wintry  nights,  that  it  never 
ripened  and  was  scarcely  worth  gathering.  Breadstuffs  were  scarce 
and  prices  high,  and  the  poorer  class  of  people  were  often  in  straits 
for  want  of  food. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  29 

1817. 

The  winter  of  1817-8  was  called  very  mild,  but  it  was  said  to  be 
the  coldest  February  since  1780. 

1819. 

The  present  school  house  in  the  northwest  district  probably  built 
this  year.    The  first  school  in  it  was  taught  by  Levi  Williams  in  1820. 

1822. 

The  season  for  planting  and  sowing  was  quite  early.  Peas  were 
planted  April  2,  and  gathered  for  the  table  June  28,  which  was  often 
referred  to  as  an  unusual  occurrence. 

The  Baptist  meetinghouse  Avas  built  during  this  year.  The  frame 
was  partially  raised  Independence  day,  but  on  account  of  rain  was 
not  completed  till   the  next  day. 

1827. 

The  winter  of  1827-8  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  mildest  known, 
the  mean  temperature  being  34^, — the  average  temperature  be- 
tween 1786  and  1828  being  about  28"^. 

The  people  turned  their  attention  in  1827-S  to  improving  the  prin- 
cipal lines  of  travel  through  the  town.  The  old  stage  road  from 
Northampton  to  Albany  passed  over  the  hill  by  the  burying  ground 
— the  highest  land  in  that  part  of  the  town. 

It  was  voted  to  raise  the  sum- of  $500  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  an  alteration 
in  the  road  from  John  Williams' to  Cummington  line  by  Luther  Stone's  factory. 
Col.  Timothy  Lyman,  Benjamin  White,  Jared  Hawks,  Jr.,  were  chosen  a  committee 
"to  appropriate"  this  money,  and  Capt.  Malachi  James  was  chosen  to  collect  it. 

'I'he  County  Commissioners  laid  the  road  on  condition  the  town 
would  pay  all  the  costs  of  building,  beyond  $650  which  the  County 
would  pay.  The  road  was  built,  but  some  of  the  tax-payers  took  the 
ground  that  the  tax  was  illegal  and  refused  to  pay.  Mr.  Willard  Par- 
sons, who  built  the  road,  sued  the  town  to  compel  payment.  The 
case  was  carried  to  the  Supreme  Court,  which  decided  that  "a  town 
has  no  authority  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  road,  which  by  law  is 
to  be  made  at  the  expense  of  the  County."     It  decided]  that  the  tax 


30  HISTORY    OF    (;OSMEX. 

was  illegal  and  void,  and  that  the  contract  for  building  the  road  was 
not  binding"  upon  the  tow^n.  The  decision  in  this  case  furnished  a 
precedent,  which  is  often  quoted  and  followed  by  the  courts  to  the 
present  day.  The  principle  is  quite  frequently  stated  in  this  way: — 
"A  town  has  no  right  to  raise  money  to  give  away." 

The  laying  of  the  "Potash  Brook"  road,  and  another  from  the 
North  West  school  house  northward  towards  Cyrus  Stearns',  soon  fol- 
lowed, and  then  came  the  discontinuance  of  the  unnecessary  old  roads 
over  the  hills  to  the  village. 

1830. 

Town  chose  the  following  committee  t©  take  charge  of  funerals: 
Col.  Luther  Stone  in  North  Wast  district;  Asahel  Billings  in  North 
district;  Silas  Burgess  in  East  district;  Capt.  VVm.  Abell  in  South 
district;  Capt.  M.  James  in  West  district. 

183:^. 

July  4,  the  citizens  celebrated  the  day  by  giving  an  ovation  to  the 
surviving  soldiers  of  t'ne  Revolution.  Porty-two  of  their  number  from 
this  and  adjoining  towns  were  present,  and  listened  with  interest  to 
the  address  of  Rev.  l^enjamin  Holmes  of  Chesterfield,  a  native  of 
England.  The  veterans  were  men  of  athletic  frame,  and  even  then 
retained  somewhat  of  tiieir  youthful  strength  and  bearing.  The  ad- 
dress was  the  eloquent  tribute  of  an  Englishman  to  the  patriot  heroes 
of  America.  One  sentence  is  remembered: — "These  men  were  raised 
up  by  Providence,  stalwart,  vigorous,  brave,  to  achieve  the  indepen- 
dence oT  the  nation  "  The  services  were  held  in  the  old  church,  and 
the  choir  under  the  lead  of  F.  P.  Stone,  contributed  to  the  interest  of 
the  occasion  by  singing  those  inspiring  pieces,  "Bruce's  Address," 
"America,"  and  the  "Ode  on  Science."  The  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence was  read  by  Col.  Kinney  of  Chesterfield,  chief  marshal  of 
the  day. 

After  the  benediction  the  roll  prepared  for  the  occasion  was  called 
by  Nehemiah  Richards,  Esq.,  of  Cummington,  the  old  soldiers  re- 
sponding and  forming  in  line  as  their  names  were  called.  Col. 
Patrick  Bryant  of  Chesterfield,  another  veteran,  took  command  of 
the  out  of-door  exercises.  The  veterans  marched  off  in  fine  order, 
led,  it  is  said,  bv  F.  P.  Stone   and  John  White,   drummers,    and  Levi 


HISTORY    OF    GOSIIEX.  31 

Barrus,  fifer.  After  partaking  of  an  excellent  dinner  at  the  hotel 
then  kept  by  Israel  B.  Thompson,  they  again  met  in  "martial  array" 
and  went  through  the  manual  exercise,  to  the  no  small  delight  of  a 
crowd  of  spectators.  It  was  a  pleasant  occasion,  nnd  none  enjoyed 
it  more  than  did  "  the  old  pensioners,"  as  they  were  usually  called  in 
tiieir  later  years.  It  was  the  last  gathering  of  s  >  many  of  their  num- 
ber in  this  vicinity,  and  many  of  the  old  heroes  piobably  never  met 
again.  Major  Ambrose  Stone,  who  died  in  1850  at  the  age  of  93, 
and  Zebulon  Willcut.t,  who  died  at  the  same  age  in  1852,  were  the 
last  of  that  heroic  band  who  resided  in  this  town. 

November  13,  occurred  one  of  the  most  remarkable  meteoric  dis- 
plays ever  witnessed  in  this  country.  It  took  place  about  4  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  and  very  few  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  it.  Mr.  Levi 
Barrus  saw  the  display,  and  described  it  as  one  of  the  most  magnifi- 
cent sights  he  ever  beheld.  The  air  seemed  to  be  full  of  shooting 
stars  ;  all  left  brilliant  trails  behind  them,  and  often  one  larger  than 
the  others  would  shoot  across  the  heaveirs  with  a  flash  like  lightning. 
They  extended  from  Nova  Scotia  to  Mexico.  A  gentleman  in  South 
Carolina  said,  "The  scene  was  truly  awful,  for  never  did  rainfall 
much  thicker  than  the  meteors  fell  towards  the  earth  ;  east,  west, 
north  and  south,  it  was  the  same." 

There  is  usually  a  slight  display  of  meteors  at  the  same  date,  every 
year.  Once  in  ;^;^  or  34  years  the  exhibition  is  ow  a  grand  scale.  In 
1799,  November  12  or  13,  it  was  witnessed  in  different  parts  of  Amer- 
ica. Humboldt  was  in  South  America,  and  said  that  for  four  hours 
every  space  in  the  heavens  of  three  diameters  of  the  moon  was  filled 
with  the  falling  stars.  In  1866  the  display  was  not  so  brilliant  here 
as  in  some  other  places,  but  sutilcient  to  confirm  the  belief  of  its 
return  every  33  or  34  years.  The  people  of  1899  or  1900  may  expect 
to  witness  another  first  class  meteoric  shower. 

1837. 

This  year  was  noted  for  the  general  suspension  of  the  banks,  ex- 
tensive financial  distress,  and  many  failures  among  business  men. 

The  "  Surplus  Revenue"  was  distributed  by  the  United  States 
government  among  the  states,  and  by  this  state  to  the  towns.  This 
town  voted.  May  15,  to  receive  its  proportion,  and  to  comply  with  the 
conditions.     Col.  Luther   Stone  was  appointed    agent   to  receive  the 


32  HISTORY    OF    GOSTIEX. 

money,  and  sign  certificate  of  deposit,    binding  the   town   for   repay- 
ment when  required.     The  total  amount  received  was  $1,255.78. 

January  25.  One  of  the  most  remarkable  exhibitions  of  Northern 
Lights  or  Aurora  Borealis  ever  witnessed  in  this  latitude  occurred  in 
the  evening  of  this  day.  The  whole  northern  hemisphere  was  cov- 
ered with  most  beautiful  and  ever-varying  coruscations  of  auroreal 
light.  A  deep  tinge  of  red  prevailing  for  several  hours  was  however 
the  most  striking  feature.  The  snow  reflecting  the  color,  seemed  as  if 
stained  with  blood.  The  beams  of  the  aurora  would  frequently  pass 
into  the  southern  hemisphere,  shooting  up  and  converging  at  that 
point  below  the  zenith  to  which  the  dipping  needle  directs  itself. 
TJie  compass  needle  was  singularly  agitated  during  the  display.  The 
night  was  severely  cold. 

1840. 

'I'own  consents  to  William  Jones  being  set  off  to  Chesterfield. 

This  year  marked  a  new  era  in  political  campaigns, — log  cabins, 
hard  cider  and  political  songs,  playing  an  important  part  in  the  elec- 
tion of  "  Tippecanoe  and  Tyler  too." 

1844. 

The  potato  disease  commenced  here  quite  generally  this  year.  It 
was  first  observed  about  the  20th  of  September,  the  potato  vines 
changing  in  two  or  three  days  from  a  healthy  appearance  to  an  almost 
black.  The  tubers  decayed  to  such  an  extent  that  some  fields 
would  hardly  pay  for  harvesting. 

1845. 

New  road  built  from  near  the  house  of  Levi  Barrus  to  x\shfield  line 
near  Ranney's  mills. 

1846. 

A  geographical  division  was  made  of  the  town  into  school  dis- 
tricts, the  previous  division  by  families  not  being  considered  legal. 


HISTOllY    OF    GOSHEN.  33 

1848. 

Voted  to  build  a  town  house,  using  as  much  of  the  Surplus  Revenue  as  needed 
for  that  purpose.  Luther  Stone,  Edward  Bridgnian,  West  Tilton,  H.  Washburn, 
jr.,  and  Daniel  Williams  were  chosen  building  committee. 

1853. 

Benjamin  White,  Esq.,  committee  on  the  "James  Fund,"  reported 
that  Capt.  Malachi  James  had  always  been  a  member  of  the  commit- 
tee on  the  fund  left  by  his  father,  John  James,  till  his  decease  in  1849, 
and  had  the  principal  care  of  it,  holding  the  notes  and  receiving  and 
loaning  the  money.  The  notes  received  from  the  executor  of  Capt. 
James  amounted  to  $1,228.84. 

1854. 

New  road  built  from  Levi  Barrus's  to  Col.  Stone's  "  Red  House." 

1861. 

May  6.  Voted  to  raise  ^20©  for  the  purpose  of  prepaying  volunteers  for  service 
in  the  present  war,  to  be  assessed  and  expended  under  direction  of  the  following 
committee :— Calvin  A.  Packard,  Henry  Tilton,  Hiram  Packard,  Daniel  Williams, 
and  Francis  Jepson. 

October  7.     Voted  to  furnish  aid  to  those  citizens  of  the  town  who  have  already 
volunteered  their  services  to  the  government,  and  the  selectmen  are  authorized  to- 
hire  money  for  that  purpose. 

1862. 

August  16,  Benjamin  White,  Esq.,  appointed  Town  Clerk  in  place  of  Alvan 
Earrus,  enlisted  as  a  soldier. 

September  10.  Town  voted  tliat  those  citizens  who  have  enlisted  for  three  years, 
be  paid  $100  bounty,  and  that  the  same  be  paid  those  who  may  voluntarily  enlist 
for  nine  months. 

1863. 

January  19.  Voted  to  pay  $100  bounty  for  four  volunteers,  being  the  town's 
quota  under  recent  orders. 

Voted  to  raise  §1,140  for  payment  of  bounties. 

April  6.     Selectmen  authorized  to  borrow  |^30o  to  pay  State  Aid. 

1864. 

April  4.  Voted  to  raise  ^125  for  each  volunteer  required  to  fill  quota  under  call 
of  October  17,  1863,  a"^  February  i,  1864. 


34  HISTORY    OF    OOSlfKX. 

1865. 

May  22.  Voted  to  reimburse  all  moneys  paid  by  drafted  men  during  the  present 
war  for  substitutes  or  commutation.     (Rescinded  in  i866). 

LS71. 

March  6,  The  James  Fund  was  transferred  to  the  care  of  the 
Selectmen. 

1873. 

March  3.  Alvan  Barms  chosen  agent  for  taking  care  of  '•  James 
Fund."  • 

1874. 

Burying  ground  enlarged  by  an  addition  upon  the  west  side  of  141 
rods,  125  feet  of  land.  Alvan  Barrus,  Hiram  Packard  and  John  H. 
Godfrey  chosen  Cemetery  committee. 

1879. 

March  3.  Voted  to  accept  the  donation  of  $750  under  the  will  of 
Whiting  Street. 

I'he  terms  of  the  will  are:  To  pav  certain  sums  of  money  to  cer- 
tain towns  named,*  in  trust  for  the  relief  and  comfort  of  tlie  worthy 
poor  of  said  towns,  who  shall  not  be  in  the  almsliouse,  nor  be  town 
paupers.  The  towns  are  to  agree  to  forever  keep  the  principal  good 
and  spend  the  income,  annually,  for  this  and  no  other  purpose,  on 
penally  of  forfeiture.  • 

"  'I'lic  dIIut  Inwii-  ii;niu'(l  ;uc' :  Nurlli:iini»t(>ii  ;in(l  Ilolyoke  each  ^'i.ljOOO;  Chieopoc, 
Amherst,  KasU);uui)l()n,  each  .•jSC.OUU;  S.  Jladley  aud  W.  Spiinglleld,  each  $5,000;  Belcher- 
town,  AVillianisburgh  and  Agawam,  eacli  $4,000;  Conway  and  Southanii)ton,  $2,000;  Grauby, 
.^^l.T.lO:   Asliliel<],  (;nnnningtf>n    anrl  VV<n-tl)ingt<>n.  each  $l.o00:  rhi'stcrtielil.  Wcslhanipton. 

Uu  lit  in  Lit  on  and  Knlicld  eacli.  sl,(l(iO:   IMahilicld.  s7:>n. 

1880. 

March  I.  C.rn.  Dix-sscr,  Moderator;  Fred  S.  iJillings,  (.'lerk ;  Alvan  Barrus, 
Ilir.am  Packard,  Alonzo  Shaw,  Selectmen.  School  Committee  for  3  years,  Geo. 
C.  Dresser.     Raised  for  support  of  Schools  $309. 

Voted  to  build  new  school  house  in  West  District. 

Voted  to  appoint  a  committee  to  make  arrangeivieiits  for  celebrating,  in  18S1,  the 


HISTORy    OF    GOSHEN.  35 

one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  incorporation  of  the  town.  Clujse  AlvanEarrus, 
(leo.  Dresser,  Hiram  Packard,  T.  P.  Lyman,  J.  II.  Godfrey,  'J'.  L.  iJarrus,  Alonzo 
Shaw. 

Voted  to  raise  -^150  for  payment  of  expenses  on  that  occasion. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

'I'oMii    iin«1    County    OflicerH.    &%c. 

I'oivn    ( 'frrls. 

The  lirst  Town  Clerk,  Thomas  Weeks,  served  two  years.  William 
White,  Esq.,  was  next  chosen  and  served  for  thirty  years.  Joseph 
White,  his  son,  succeeded  him  and  served  fourteen  years.  Benj. 
White,  Esq.,  another  son,  twin  brother  of  Joseph,  continued  in  the 
office  fifteen  years.  Elijah  Billings  then  served  seven  years  ;  and 
Hattil  W'ashburn,  Jr.,  three  years.  Benj.  White  was  again  called  to 
the  office  in  1853  and  declined' a  re-election  in  1862,  when  Alvan 
Barrus  was  chosen,  but  he  resigning  the  same  year,  Mr.  White  was 
again  re-elected,  and  completed  the  seventieth  year  of  service  by 
members  of  the  same  family — father  and  sons.  The  refusal  of  Mr. 
White  to  be  longer  a  candidate  prevented  his  re-election.  Joshua 
Knowlton  served  1S64  to  1867.  Elijah  Billings  1867  to  his  decease, 
December  12  1879,  when  Charles  Barrus  was  appointed.  He  served 
till  the  next  annual  meeting,  March,  1880,  when  Frederick  S.  Bil- 
lings was  chosen. 

Sc/ectiiKUL 

1781— William  White,  1831— Timothy  Lyman, 

Lemuel  Lyon.        .  Johh  Grant, 


Christ.  Bannister.  Luther  Ston 


36 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 


1782— William  White, 
Chris.   Banister, 
Oliver  Taylor, 

1783 — William  White, 
Reu,  Dresser, 
Oliver  Taylor. 

1784— William  Whhe, 
RfcU.  Dresser, 
Eben'r  Parsons. 

1785— William  White, 
Reu.  Dresser, 
Eben'r  Parsons. 

1786 — Benj.  Burgess, 
Thos.  Brown, 
Chris'r  Banister. 

1787- — Benj.  Burgess, 
Oliver  Taylor, 
Thomas  Brown. 

1788— William  White, 
Thomas  Brown, 
Oliver  Taylor. 

I789— William  White, 
Thomas  Brown, 
Oliver  Taylor. 

1790 — Reuben  Dresser, 
Oliver  Taylor, 
Benj,  Burgess, 

1 79 1 — Reuben  Dresser, 
Lem.  Banister, 
Barz.  Banister. 

1792 — Reuben  Dresser, 
Benj.  Burgess, 
Oliver  Taylor. 

1793 — Oliver  Taylor, 
Thomas  Brown, 
Nehemiah  May. 

1794 — Oliver  Taylor, 
Ambrose  Stone, 
Nehemiah  May, 


,1832 — John  Grant, 

Asahel  Billings, 
Horace  Packard. 

1833 — Luther  Stone, 

Asahel  Billings, 
Plorace  Packard. 

1834 — Luther  Stone, 
Asahei  Billings, 
Frank,  Naramore. 

1835 — Asahel  Billings, 
Moses  Dresser, 
Horace  Packard. 

1836 — Asahel  Billings, 
Barney  Prentiss, 
W^n.  Tilt  on, 

1837 — Emmons  Putney, 
Francis  Lyman, 
S.  Bardwell. 

1838 — Luther  Stone, 

Asahel  Billings, 
Moses  Dresser. 

1839 — Luther  Stone, 
Moses  Dresser, 
William  Abell. 

1840 — William  Abel!, 
F.  Naramore, 
Horace  Packard. 

1841 — Luther  Stone, 
Asahel  Billings, 
F.  Naramore. 

1842— Benj.  White, 
West  Tilton, 
Daniel  Williams. 

1843 — F.  Naramore, 
Luther  Stone, 
Francis  Dresser, 

1844 — F.  Naramore, 
Luther  Stone, 
Francis  Dresser. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX 


37 


»795- 


I796- 


1797- 


1798- 


•Nehemiah  May, 
Eben  Parsons, 
Jos.  Naiamore. 
Reuben  Dresser, 
Eben  Putney, 
Ambrose  Stone. 
Nehemiah  May, 
Josh.  Abell,  Jr., 
Geo.  Sahnon. 
Oliver  Taylor, 
Ambrose  Stone, 
George  Sahnon. 

799 — Oliver  Taylor, 
Ambrose  Stone, 
Justin  Parsons. 
■Justin   Parsons, 
Geo.  Sahnon, 
Alph.  Naramore. 
Oliver  Taylor, 
Geo.^almon, 
Alpheus  Naramore. 
C)liver  Taylor, 
John  Williams, 
Sol.   Parsons. 
Reuben  Dresser, 
John  Williams, 
Jos.  Naramore. 
Justin  Parsons, 
Ambrose  Stone, 
Geo.  Salmon. 
Justin  Parsons, 
Ambrose  Stone, 
Geo.  Salmon. 
Reuben  Dresser, 
Dr.  E.  Coney, 
John  Williams. 

1807 — Reuben  Dresser, 
Ambrose  Stone, 
John  Grant. 


1500- 

1801- 

1802— ( 

1803- 

1804- 

1805- 

1806- 


1845 — ^-  Naramore, 

Ralph  Ulley, 

Freemaw   Sears. 
1846 — Ambrose  Stone,  Jr., 

F.  Seats, 

W^st  Tilton. 
1847 — Freeman  Sears, 

F.  Dresser, 

West  'I'ilton. 
1848 — Freeman  Sears, 

F.  Dressei', 

West  Tilton. 
1849 — Freeman  Sears, 

F.  Dresser, 

West  Tilton. 
1850 — Freeman   Sears, 

Frank  Naramore, 

West  Tilton. 
1 85 1 — F.  Naramore, 

Asahel  Billings, 

George  Abell. 
1852 — J.  Millon  Smith, 

Asahel  Billings, 

George  Abell. 
1853 — Asa  White, 
^  Franklin  Naramore, 

Ralph  Utley. 
1854 — Franklin  Naranaore, 

Asa  White. 

Ralph  Utley. 
1855 — F.  Sears, 

Asahel  Billings, 

Reuben  Gardner. 
1856 — F.  Sears, 

Hiram  Barrus, 

Calvin  A.  Packard. 
1857— F.  Sears, 

Hiram  Packard, 

Henrv  White. 


38 


lUSTOliY    OF    GOSIIKX. 


1808 — John  Grant,  1S58- 

Giles  Lyman, 

Gershom  Cathcart. 
1809 — John  Grant,  1859- 

G.  Cathcart, 

Timothy  Lyman,  Jr. 
1810 — John  Grant,  1S60 — 

J.  Abel],  Jr., 

Timothy  Lyman,  Jr. 
1811 — John  Grant,  1861  — 

J.  Abell,  Jr.; 

'IMmothy  Lyman,  Jr. 
1812 — John  C.  Lyman,  1862 — 

J.  Packard,  Jr., 

Oliver  Taylor. 
1813 — Oliver  Taylor,  1863- 

Ambrose  Stone, 

John  C.  Ivvman. 
1814 — Ambros,e  Stone,  1864- 

John  C.  Lyman, 

Benj.  White. 
1815 — John  C.  Lyman,  1865- 

Josh.  Packard,  Jr., 

Benj.  White. 
1816 — John  C.  Lyman,  1866- 

Josh.  Packard,  Jr., 

Benj.  White. 
1817 — Aaibrose  Stone,  1867- 

Tim.  Lyman, 

Reuben  Dresser. 
1818 — Timothy  Lyman,  1868- 

Benj.  White, 

Joseph  Putney. 
18 19 — Timothy  Lyma.n,  1869- 

Benj.  Vv^hite, 

Robert  Webster. 
1820 — Timothy  Lyman,  1N70- 

Robert  Webster, 
Luther  Stone. 


Hiram  Bar r us, 
Calvin  A.  Packard, 
C.  C.  Dresser. 
■Hiram  Barrus, 
Calvin  A.  Packard, 
C.  C.  Dresser. 
•F.  Sears, 
Hiram  Packard, 
Ralph  E.  Smith. 
Hiram  Barrus, 
Calvin  A.  Packard, 
C  C.  Dresser. 
Calvin  A.  Packard, 
C.  C.  Dresser, 
Alonzo  Shaw. 
Calvin  A.  Packard, 
C.  C.  Dresser, 
Geo.   Dresser. 
Calvin  A.  Packard, 
Geo.  Dresser,       f 
Alonzo  Shaw. 
Calvin  A,  Packard, 
Alvan  Barrus, 
J.  Knowlton. 
>Calvin  A.  Packard, 
Alvan  Barrus, 
Joshua  Knowlton. 
■PVeeman  Sears, 
Daniel  W^illiams, 
Tim'y  D.  Pierce. 
■Freeman   Sears, 
Daniel  Williams, 
Tim'y  D.  Pierce. 
-C.  A.  Packard, 
Geo.  Dresser, 
Alvan  Barrus. 
-Alvan  Barrus, 
Timothy  P.  Lyman, 
John  H.  Godfrey. 


lUSTOliV    OF    (a)SIIP]X. 


182 1 — Timothy  Lyman, 
Robert  Webster, 
Luther  Stone. 

1822 — Timothy  Lyman, 
Robert  Webster, 
Luther  Stone. 

1823 — Timothy  Lyman, 
Robert  Webster, 
Luther  Stone. 

1824— Ben j.  White, 
John  Grant, 
Joshua  Simmons. 

1825— Bcnj.  White, 

Asahel  Billino^s, 
Francis  Lyman. 

1826— Benj.  White, 
Luther  Stone, 
Joshua  Packard, 

1827 — Benj.  White, 

Joshua  Simmons, 
Asahel  Billings. 

1828 — Timothy  Lyman, 
John  Grant, 
Samuel  Luce. 

1829 — Timothy  Lyman, 
John  Grant, 
Luther  Stone, 

1830 — Timothy  Lyman, 
John  Grant, 
Luther  Stone. 


1^72- 


73- 


^71 — Alvan  Bairus, 

John  H.  Godfrey, 
Joseph  Beals. 

-Alvan  Barrus, 
John  H.   Godfrey, 
Joseph  Beals. 

-Wm.  S.  Packard, 
Geo.  Mayor, 
Elisha  H.  Haydsn. 

-Wm.  S.  Packard, 
E.  H.  Hayden, 
Lorin  Barrus.         * 

-Wm.  S.  Packard, 
Lorin  Barrus, 
J.  H.  Godfrey, 

-Wm.  S.  Packard, 
Lorin  Barrus, 
J.  H.  Godfrey. 

-Alvan  Barrus, 
Hiram  Packard, 
J.  H.  Godfrey. 

•Alvan  Barrus, 
Hiram  Packard, 
J.  H.  Godfrey. 
1879 — Alvan  Barrus, 

Hi  rain  Packard, 
Alonzo  Shaw. 
iSSo — Alvan  Barrus, 

Hiram  Packard, 
Alonzo  Shaw. 


:.S74— ^ 


i<^75- 


IS7-6- 


1877- 


87.S— . 


H(']>ri'S(')}((ilirrs  to  (rciirrul  Conrf. 


1805,  Justin  Parsons;  1S06,  Nehemiah  May;  1808,  Rev.  S.  Whit- 
man; 1809,  Wm.  White;  1810-11-12-14,  Oliver  Taylor;  "1813,  Nehe- 
raiah  May;  18 15,  Ambrose  Stone;  18 16,  Timothy  Lyman;  and  he  was 
also  chosen  delegate  to  the  Constutional  Convention  in  1820,  1827, 
Ambrose    Stone;    1829,    Joshua   Simmons;    1834,    Asahel     Billings; 


40  HIHTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

1835-6-7,  Rev.  Wm.  Hubbard;  1838,  Benjamin  White;  1839,  Luther 
Stone;  1840,  Asahel  Billings;  1841,  Frederick  P.  Stone;  1842,  Frank- 
lin Naraniore;  1843,  Benjamin  White;  1849,  Luther  Stone;  1851, 
William  Tilton;  1852,  Asahel  Billings;  1853,  Franklin  Naramore;. 
1853,  Benjamin  White,  delegate  to  Constitutional  Convention;  1862, 
Rev,  John  C.  Thompson,  elected  from  the  district  comprising  Goshen, 
Plainfield,  Cummington,  Worthington,  and  Middlefield,  without  an- 
opposing  vote;  1867,  Calvin  A,  Packard;  1873,  Hiram  Packard;. 
1879,  Alvan  Barrus. 

Justices  of  the  Veace,  wltti  dates  ofConniiission. 

William  White,  1785,  J  792,  1799,  1806,  1813,  1819.     Died  182  i.. 

Benjamin  Burgess,  1786. 

Oliver  Taylor,  1810,  1817,  1824.     Died  1826. 

John  Williams,  181 1,  1817,  1824,  1832*. 

Timothy  Lyman,  1822,  1829.     Died  1831. 

Joseph  White,  1827,  (removed  from  the  county). 

Benjamin  White,  1832,  1839,  ^^46,  1853,  1860=*,  1867* 

Asahel  Billings,  1834*,  1841*. 

Luther  Stone,  1837,  1845,  1852,  1859,  1866*. 

Hiram  Barrus,  1856,  1861,  (removed  from  the  county).. 

Calvin  A.  Packard,  1861*    1867,  1774*. 

Alvan  Barrus,  1874. 

Coroner. 

Ambrose  Stone,  1803  to  1850. 

Speciat  ('oii)ity  ('(^tniiissioncr. 

Benjamin  White,  1838  to  1842. 

I )('])}( tjl  Slicrif. 

Solomon  Parsons  served  under  Sheriff^Mattoon. 

*J)id  not  qualifj-. 


Albertype— Forbes  Co.,  Boston 


REV.  J.  C.  THOMPSON. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHE^^.  41 


CHAPTER  V. 

The  Congregational  Church. 

True  to  the  Pilgrim  idea,  the  church'  and  the  school — the  lieart 
and  the  head  of  true  prosperity — recei/ed  early  attention  and  have 
always  bt^en  cherished  institutions  among  tiie  people  here.  This, 
church,  the  first  in  the  place,  was  o'ganized  Decembt^r  21,  1780, 
nearly  five  months  before  the  incorporation  of  the  town.  It  is  a  fact, 
not  without  interest,  that  its  organization,  whether  intended  or  not, 
occurred  on  "Forefather's  Day," — r6o  years  from  the  day  on  which 
the  Pilgrims  landed  on  Plymouth  Rock. 

The  earliest  record  of  the  church  is  the  following: — 

Chesterfield  Gore,  Deccml^er  21,  1780. 
A  church  was  gathered  in  this  p'ace  and  properly  incorpwrated  [organized]  by 
tiie  Reverend  Mr.  Josiah  Kilburn,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Chesterfield.  At  the 
same  time  the  church  made  choice  of  one  of  the  brethren,  viz:  Thomas  Weeks  for 
their  clerk.  Also  at  the  same  time,  said  church  agreed  to  the  followinij  confession 
of  Faith,  Covenant,  anel  Rules  of  Church  Discipline — that  is  to  say: 

We,  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  the  brethren  of  the  Church  of  Christ 
in  Chesterfield  Gore,  have  mutually  agreed,  and  unanimously  Consented,  to  the  fol- 
lowing Confession  of  Faith,  Covenant,  and  R'lies  of  Church  Discipline  as  the  Rule 
of  our  Faith  and  Practice  in  this  church. 

(Signed)     Thomas  Wreks, 
Lkmukl  Lyon, 
Thomas  Brown, 

DaMKI,    ]>ROWxN,' 

John  Smith. 

The  Confession,  Covenant  and  Rules  follow,  but  it  seems  unneces- 
sary to  reproduce  them  here. 

The  records  do  not  distinctly  indicate  the  names  of  aM  who  joined 
the  church  at  its  organization,  but  the  following  are  given  without 
date  as  members  previous  to  1783: 

Thomas  Weeks,  Nehemiah  May, 

Mary  Weeks,  Jeremiah  Hallock, 

*Lemuel  Lyon,  Alse  Hallock, 

*John  Smith,  Mary  Grimes, 


42  HISTORY   OF   GosnE:^. 

*Sarah  Smith,  *Justin  Parsons, 
^Thomas  Brown,  Hannah  Parsons, 

^Judiih  Brown,  Ebenezer  Putney, 

*J3aniel  Brown,  Farnum  White, 

*Dorcas  Brown,  fMarcy  White, 

Artenias  Stone,  Christopher  Grant, 
Jerusha  Stone,  Elizabttii  Grant, 

Joseph  Bani,ter,  Abiel  Banister, 

*Deborah  Banister,  Margaret  May, 

Christopher  Banister,  ^D^vid  Stearns, 

Mary  Banistei",  Lemuel  Banister — 30. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  church  for  business  was  held  one  week 
later,  when  choice  was  made  of  Rev.  Josiah  Kilburn  of  Chesterfield, 
as  moderator  in  case  of  emergency  wiiile  they  continued  destitute  of 
a  pastor.  Voted,  that  brother  Thomas  Weeks  read  the  Psalm  in  this 
church  when  they  assemble  for  religious  worship.  Voted,  that  broth- 
er Jolin  Smith  lead  in  singing. 

March  26,  1781,  it  was  voted  to  call  to  the  pastorate.  Rev.  Joseph 
Barker,  who  had  been  preaching  here  for  nearly  a  year.  The  "cove- 
nanters" and  others  in  the  vicinity,  were  invited  to  join  with  the 
church  in  calling  Mr.  Barker  and  in  making  proposals  for  his  support. 
Thomas  Weeks,  Thomas  Brown,  and  Lemuel  Lyon  were  a  committee 
to  wait  on  the  candidate  with  the  call.  He  did  not  accept,  but  in  the 
same  year  became  pastor  of  the  church  in  Middleboro,  where  he  died 
in  1815.  He  appears  to  have  been  an  able  man,  and  was  member  of 
Congress  1805  to  1808. 

From  the  earliest  settlements  in  this  state  it  was  a  pre-requisite  of 
the  incorporation  of  a  town  that  it  should  have  a  cliurch  already  or- 
ganized, oi-  about  to  be.  For  a  Icrg  peiiod,  none  but  church  mem- 
bers could  hold  office  in  town  or  state.  Naturally  enough  church 
membeiship  became  very  popular  with  two  classes,  those  who  wished 
t©  be  thought  respectable  and  those  who  wanted  office.  Very  effi- 
cient men  outside  of  the  church  were  often  wanted  to  serve  in  impor- 
tant positions,  who  were  not  available  under  this  disability.  So  the 
"half-way  covenant"  was  invented,  by  which  men  of  correct  morals 
could  so  far  become  church    members  as  to  avoid    the   disabilities  of 

*  Kfceived  from  first  cliurch  in  Chesterfield.        f  Wife  of  William  Whife. 


nrSTOKY    OF    GOSHEIS^.  43 

Don-membersliip.  Akin  to  this  was  tlie  parish  system — well  intended 
and  i:i  some  respects  desirable.  But  these  devices  for  quahfying  men 
for  office  and  filling  the  churches,  proved  a  ruinous  policy  for  what 
were  known  as  the  Orthodox  churches.  Moial  men  did  not  always 
prove  to  be  in  the  strictest  sense  religious  men.  They  did  not  relish 
some  of  the  doctrines  held  by  the  church  and  proclaimed  from  the 
pulpit.  So  there  came  to  be  a  demand  for  more  liberal  preaching 
and  preachers.  The  moral  -element  of  the  churches — the  half-way- 
covenanters — found  themst'lves,  in  many  casf^s,  the  majority  of  the 
church  and  parish,  and  the  "liberal"  preacliers  were  put  in  the  place 
of  the  less  liberal.  The  new  pastors  preached  easy  doctrines,  church 
membership  became  more  easy  than  ever,  morality  was  substituted 
for  religion,  and  so  in  many  cases  the  Orthodox  Congregational 
churches  naturally  drifted  over  into  Unitarian  Congregational 
churches,  taking  with  them  the  church  building  and  property. 

But  this  church  appears  to  have  kept  due  watch  and  cai'e  over  its 
members.  One  sister  confesses  to  having  told  wrong  stories,  and 
heartily  asks  the  forgiveness  of  thfe  church  :  on  a  subsequent  com- 
plaint for  absolute  l>iug,  she  is  excommunicated.  One  brother  com- 
jDlains  of  the  discipline  of  the  church  in  receiving  a  verbal  complaint 
against  himself  '"  without  proof."  The  church  takes  the  place  of  the 
alleged  offender  and  acknowledges  its  error.  Anolherbrother  makes 
amends  for  having  ordered  another  member  to  withdraw  from  com- 
munion ;  anolher  for  breach  of  covenant,  absence  from  the  meetings, 
and  denying  in  particular  the  doctrine  of  Free  Sovereign  Election,  is 
admonished.*  Occasionally  one  is  excommunicated,  and,  that  the 
offender  might  fully  realize  the  full  force  of  this  act  of  the  church, 
one  of  the  articles  of  discipline  required  the  members  to  forbear 
to  associate,  or  familiarize  with  him  any  further  than  the  necessity  of 
natuial,  civil.  (UMnestical  relaiions,  or  humanity  required,  that  lie 
might  be  ashamed;  agleeably  to  2   Thess.  3:14,   i5-      Notwithstand- 

*  What  tlie  church  at  that  time  undeYstood  by  "denying  tlie  doctrines  of  Free  Sovereign 
Election,"  we  am  not  informed.  It  may  mean,  liowever,  that  the  church  did  not  under- 
stand the  <loetrine  a-s  the  offender  uuderotood  it.  From  what  is  known  of  the  offending 
brotlier,  it  is  safe  to  infer  tliat  ills  views  were  more  nearly  in  sympathy  with  the  cliurch  of 
the  present,  than  of  his  own  time.  Like  some  of  the  old  English  martyrs,  he  may  have 
been  one  who  had  the  fortune,  or  misfortune,  to  live  in  advance  of  his  time,  and  therefore 
not  in  sympathy  with  his  contemporaries.  The  man  who  bases  his  theology  on  his  ovm 
careful  and  prayerful  study  of  the  bible  is  usually  in  advance  of  the  creeds  ol  his  churcli 
and  times. 


44  HISTORY  OF  goshe:n^. 

ing  this  seeming  strictness  of   discipline   there  were   lines    of  charity 
running  through  its  action.      A  vote  was  passed,  embodying  the  apos 
tolic  idea  "if  a  man  be  overtaken  in   a  fault,   ye  which  are   spiritual 
restore  such  an  one  in  the  spirit  of  meekness  "  in  the  following  terms  : 

Voted  that  aggrieved  members  who  have  t;ken  the  first  steps  in  discipline  with- 
out success,  lay  their  case  before  the  committee  that  "  transacts  the  pruden- 
tials of  the  church,  who  are  to  use  their  endeavors  for  the  reconciliation  of  the  con- 
tending parties.  If  unsuccessful  they  are  to  prepare  and  present  the  case  to  the 
church. 

The  matter  of  singing  seems  to  have  been,  as  it  sometimes  has  in 
later  years,  an  element  of  occasional  discord,  which  probably  caused 
the  passage  of  the  following  votes: 

Voted  that  the  church  ought  to  govern  in  the  worship  of  God. 
Voted  the  church  shall  govern. 

Voted  that  we  disapprove  of  the  present  mode  of  singing. 

Voted  to  choose  a  committee  to  make  2.  collection  of  tunes  to  be  sung  in  the  time 
cf  public  worship. 

It  was  finally  decided  to  sing  on  the  Sabbalh  in  the  forenoon  and 
the  first  time  in  the  afternoon  only,  by  reading  line  by  line.  Hymn 
books  were  scarce,  and  made  this  necessary,  which  was  called  "  dea- 
coning off  the  hymns." 

But  singing  matters,  always  sensitive  and  often  uncertain,  generally 
have  their  own  way  in  tiie  end,  and  within  a  year  a  vote  was  passed 
allowing  the  singing  to  be  performed  without  reading  as  often  as  the 
choristers  see  fit.  Up  to  this  time  the  men  seem  to  have  had  the 
church  meetings  all  to  themselves,  but  now  a  voie  was  passed  break- 
ing up  the  exclusiveness,  by  declaring  that  "the  sisters  of  the  chuich 
have  a  right  to  attend  all  the  church  meetings." 

For  seven  years  no  pastor  \Aas  settled,  though  calls  had  been  ex- 
tended to  Elisha  Hutchinson;  Jeremiah  Hallock  of  this  town,  who 
settled  in  West  Simsbury,  (Canton)  Conn.;  Mase  Shepard,  father  of 
Prof.  C.  U.  Shepard  of  Amherst  college;  Abraham  Fowler,  who  ac- 
cepted ^  but  finally  withdrew,  though  a  council  was  to  meet  for  his 
settlement  April  2,  1783. 

In  1787  tv/o  deacons  were  chosen — Oliver  Taylor  and  Artcmas 
Stone.  Rev.  Samuel  Whitman  of  Ashby  was  called  to  the  pastorate 
and  was  installed  January  10,  1788.  The  leading  parts  of  the  instal- 
lation services  were  as  lollops: — 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  45 

Rev.  Timothy  Allen  of  Chesterfield,  the  moderator  of  the  council, 
preached  the  sermon;  Rev.  Aaron  Eascom  of  Chester,  the  scribe,  led 
m  prayer;  Rev,  Joseph  Strong  of  Williamsburgh,  gave  the  charge; 
Rev.  James  Briggs  of  Cummington,  offered  the  closing  prayer. 

The  church  sometimes  exhibited  its  militant  character  in  matters 
that  at  the  present  day  are  more  often  passed  over  in  silent  regret. 
The  young  people  would  liave  their  parties  and  would  sometimes 
dance.  One  of  the  church  members  kept  a  hotel,  and  perhaps  allow- 
ed these  parties  the  use  of  his  hall,  which  may  account  for  a  vote 
passed  in  1796 — that  "professors  of  religion  are  under  obligation  to 
disallow  and  disapprove  of  frolicking  and  dancing  in  their  houses, 
and  should  prevent  their  children  and  others  under  their  care  going 
abroad  for  the  purpose  of  frolicking  and  dancing."  On  one  occasion, 
a  prominent  member  of  the  church,  thought  it  his  duty  to  enter  his 
protest  in  person  against  one  of  these  parties  having  a  ball  at  the  ho- 
tel. He  was  politely  received  by  one  of  the  leaders,  who,  understand- 
ing the  purpose  of  the  visit,  said,  "Deacon,  if  you  wish  to  dance  a 
figure  with  us  I  will  introduce  you  to  a  partner,  but  if  you  come  in  to 
make  trouble  you  will  go  out  a  mighty  sight  quicker  than  you  came 
in."  The  good  man  took  the  hint  and  did  not  wait  to  dance,  or  to 
be  helped  out. 

The  landlord  had  a  human,  as  well  as  religious  side,  and  like  edi- 
tors of  the  present  day  did  not  hold  Uimself  responsible  for  all  the 
communications  of  his  patrons.  Complaint  was  entered  against  him 
for  allowing  dancing  at  his  house,  and  kept  before  the  church  for  ten 
years,  when  it  was  dismissed  and  he  was  restored  to  fellowship. 

In  the  year  1800  the  church  passed  a  vote  that  seemed  more  leni- 
ent than  the  general  sentiment  cf  that  day  allowed  in  regard  to  th« 
doctrines.  The  vote  was  "  that  no  confession  of  faith  be  read  to 
persons  in  order  for  admission  to  the  church,"  but  assent  was 
required  to  a  covenant  then  adopted  for  future  use.  The  church 
interested  itself  early  in  the  cause  of  missions,  and  in  1802  chose 
Dea.  Taylor  as  delegate  to  a  convention  in  Northampton  to  ratify  a 
constitution  for  a  missionary  society.  The  church  adopted  "  the  plan 
of  the  Berkshire  Association  for  the  family  covenant  and  catechising 
©f  children."  The  features  of  this  plan  are  not  explained,  but  may 
have  been  that  which  was  carried  out  by  the  pastor  in  his  weekly 
visits  to    the    schools,    when   the    pupils    were    required    to    answer 


46  HISTOIIY    OF    (lOSlIEN. 

the  questions  in  the  Westminster  catechism.  It  was  considered 
quite  an  accomplishment  to  be  able  to  answer  every  quesiion.  Mr. 
Reuben  Smith,  an  Amherst  boy,  in  later  years  a  member  of  this 
church,  committed  the  catechism  to  memory  wlien  ten  years  of  age. 
In  his  88l.h  year  he  repeated  it  to  his  pastor,  Rev.  T.  H.  Rood,  with- 
out an  error.  The  Massachusetts  Sabbath  School  Society,  on  learn- 
ing the  fact,  sent  him  an  elegant  volume  of  its  publications.* 

'J'he  pastorate  of  Mr.  Whitnian,  though  the  pastors  of  his  davwerc 
understood  to  be  settled  for  life,  was  brought  to  a  close  in  i8i8,  afler 
a  long  and  unpleasant  controversy.  One  of  the  chief  reasons  said 
to  have  been  urged  for  his  dismission,  was  that  he  had  luade  some 
departure  from  the  orthodox  standards  of  faith.  But  possibly  feel- 
ing had  as  much  to  do  with  the  matter  as  principle  had.  He  was  a 
studious  man,  and  the  author  of  several  theological  volumes.  Ab- 
sorbed in  matters  of  thought,  he  was  reserved  in  manner,  and  possi- 
bly had  imbibed  to  some  extent  the  old  lime  notion  that  a  minister 
was  something  more  than  a  man  ;  for  the  poet  once  said  :  ''Ministers 
and  monarciis  are  awful  names."  One  of  the  bovs  of  his  day,  now 
residing  in  another  i)art  of  the  Statt,  gives  the  following  recollec- 
tions of  liim.  P.islors  who  ignore  the  boys  may  profit  by  the  lesson 
they  furnish. 

"Mr.  Whitman  was  not  social  with  young  people.  My  father  once 
sent  me  wiiii  a  nice  quarter  of  \eal  as  a  present  to  him.  On  learn- 
ing my  errand  he  said:  'Well  lay  it  down  on  that  table' — and  that 
was  all.  I  ne\'er  carried  another.  A  boy  went  to  visit  one  of  his 
boys,  and  Mr.  Whitman  asked,  '  Boy,  what  did  you  come  after?' 
'Nothing  sir,'  was  the  leply.  •Well,  take  nothing  and  igo  home.'  'I 
have  nothing  to  ];ut  it  in,  sir,'  fiom  the  boy,  ended  the  colloquy,  and 
perhaps  also  the  boy's  respect  for  the   pastor. 

"  Many  thought  him  erroneous  in  doctrine,  but  I  now  think  he  did 
not  explain  his  views  clearly,  and  therefore  was  not  understood.  The 
council  which  met  to  investigate  matters  in  relation  to  his  dismission 
was  composed  of  nine  ministers  and  their  delegates.  The  council 
was  in  session  three  days.  It  was  in  the  years  before  the  temperance 
reform  had  made  much  progress,  and  the  society  had  to   pay  for  120 

-■*=  One  boy  wlio  occasioniilly  atteiuled  tlie  reheAr.sals  had  a  lesa  tenacious  memory. 
Being  asked  by  Mr.  Whitman,  "Who  was  the  first  man?"  replied,  "V\  elL;  I  don't  remember 
exactly.  It  wa^j  rather  lafe  wlien  1  g-ot  liere,  but  I  guess  it  was  A«lam,  or  Eve,  or  Metluisa- 
leh." 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  47 

mugs  of  sling  used  b}^  the  council  rluring  their  session.  In  these 
times  explanation  may  be  needed  to  learn  what  a  mug  of  sling  was  : 
a  half  pint  of  spirit  with  water,  well  sweetened  with  loaf  sugar.  Yet 
I  believe  the  council  were  good  pious  men,  l)ut  wi;hout  the  light  that 
shines  upon  us." 

His  work — the  best  test  of  his  ministry — appeals  to  have  been 
approved  of  his  Master,  ar.d  nearly  one  hundrctl  and  twenty  were 
added  to  the  church  during  his  pastorate.  He  died  suddenly  Decem- 
ber i8,  1826,  aged  75  years.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Haivard  C-^iIlege. 
1775.  His  wife,  Grace  Cheever,  was  a  relative  of  the  rc.iowncd 
Ezekiel  Cheever,  for  70  years  a  teacher  in  Bj^ton  and  New  Haven. 
Mr.  Whitman  resided  where  Mr.  Emmons  Putney  now  lives.  His 
son  Ephraim  was  a  printer,  and  worked  his  press  in  his  father's  house. 
He  published  some  of  his  father's  works  here,  and  a  few  pamph- 
lets for  other  parties.  His  press  afterward  went  to  Poultney,  Vt , 
and  was  used  in  iprnting  a  newspaper  there. 

Rev.  Joel  Wrigiit,  second  pastor  of  the  church,  graduate  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  1809,  was  installed  September  26,  1821,  and  iem:.ined 
here  seven  years.  The  house  of  J.'H.  Godfrey  was  buiit  as  a  parson- 
age for  him.  An  affecting  incident  attended  his  removal  to  this 
town.  The  parents  broui;ht  with  them  the  remains  of  a  deceased 
child  for  burial  in  the  cemetery  here. 

The  pastorate  of  Mr.  Wright  was  not  maiked  by  any  specially 
stirring  incidents.  He  labored  faithfully  for  the  best  interests  of  his 
people,  by  whom  he  was  much  beloved. 

Mr.  Wright  was  previously  installed  in  Leverett,  Mass.,  December 

9,  1S12  ;  dismissed  January  26,   1820. 

Rev.  Henry  B.  Holmes  from  Stratford,  England,  third  pastor,  was 
installed  Se[)teiYjber  25,  1830.  He  was  active  in  doing  good,  an  elo- 
quent speaker,  and  greatly  endeared  to  his  people.  75  were  added, 
to  the  church  during  his  short  stay  here.  He  was  dismissed  January, 
1833.  '^'^^  church  !Hjmbered  January  7,  1831,  69  members — 21 
male,  48  female;  January  i,  1832,  98  members — 29  male,  69  female. 

Rev.  Stephen  Mason,  graduate  of  Williams  College,  1812,  fourth 
pastor  of  the  church,  was   installed    June    22,    1836,  dismissed  April 

10,  1837.     He  removed  to  Marshall,  Mich.,  where  he  died  November 
S,  1870. 


48  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Rev.  John  C.  Thompson,  of  Heatli,  fifth  pastor,  graduate  of  Am- 
herst College,  1829,  was  installed  October  4,  1837.  The  ii^stallation 
services  were  conducted  as  follows  :  Introductory  prayer  b}^  the 
scri]:)e,  Rev.  \Vm.  Lusk  of  VVilliamsburgh  ;  installing  prayer  by  the 
moderator,  Rev.  Moses  Miller  of  Heath;  sermon  by  Rev.  Horatio 
Bardwell  of  Oxford  ;  charge  to  the  pastor  by  Rev.  M.  G.  Wheeler  of 
Conway;  right  hand  of  fellowship,  Rev.  Israel  G.  Rose  of  Chester- 
field ;  address  to  the  people  by  Rev.  Mr.  Mitchell  of  Northampton  ; 
concluding  prayer  by  Rev.  M.  E.  White  of  Southampton, 

In  1841  Mr.  Thompson  was  compelled  by  failing  health  to  give  up 
active  labor,  for  a  time,  and  was  dismissed  in  1842,  greatl}-  to  the 
sorrow  of  his  people,  by  whom  he  was  highly  respected.  He  was  a 
model  pastor,  a  peace-maker,  a  man  of  devoted  piety,  zealous  in  every 
good  work,  a  faithful  preacher.  The  result  of  his  labors  was  more 
manifest  in  the  healthy  growth  and  general  prosperity  of  the  church 
during  his  pastorate  than  in  large  accessions  by  revivals. 

Rev,  Royal  Reed,  sixth  pastor,  was  installed  October  19,  1842, 
dismissed  June  15,  1847.  ^^  ^'^''^^  '^  man  of  ability,  sociable,  and 
faithful  in  his  calling.  42  were  added  to  the  church  under  his  min- 
istry. 

Rev.  Wm.  J.  Boardman,  who  had  supplied  the  pulpit  for  a  time 
after  the  disniission  of  Mr.  Whitman,  again  supplied  till  the  failure  of 
his  health  in  1849.  His  death  occurred  in  Northford,  Conn.,  the 
same  year.  He  v»^as  a  good  man,  an  earnest  preacher,  and  much 
respected. 

Kev.  Robert  Crossett  from  Alstead,  N.  H.,  came  soon  after  and 
remained  till  1853,  but  was  not  installed  here.  He  was  an  active 
laborer  in  christian  work,  a  faithful  minister,  a  ready  speaker  and  a 
good  man.      He  died  in  Cincinnati. 

Rev.  Thomas  Hancock  Rood,  the  seventh  settled  pastor  of  the 
church,  was  born  in  London,  Eng.,  March  5,  1823,  and  commenced 
preaching  at  the  early  age  of  twenty  with  great  promise  of  usefulness. 
Soon  after,  he  came  to  this  country,  and  resided  for  a  short  time  at 
Albany,  N.  'Y.  There  he  lost  by  a  fire  a  fine  library  which  he  brought 
from  England.  About  the  year  1848  he  preached  two  years  at 
Jamaica,  Vt.,  as  his   first   stated  ministry  in    this  country.      Having 


Albertype— Forbes  Co.,  Boston 


REV.    THOMAS    H.    ROOD. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  49 

married  a  second  wife*  in  tiiat  place,  he  removed  to  Sheboygan,  Wis., 
where  he  preached  about  the  same  lengtii  of  time.  His  health  fail- 
in^:,  he  came  east  for  a  more  favorable  climate,  and  settled  in  Goshen, 
Mass.,  May,  1853,  but  was  not  installed  until  Jan.  31,  1855.  Rev.  J. 
H.  Bisbee,  of  VVorthington,  preached  the  installation  sermon  ;  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship  was  given  by  Rev.  \V.  H.  Gilbert  of  Ashfield  ; 
charge  to  the  people  by  Rev.  George  Adams  of  Cotiway;  charge  to 
the  pastor  by  Rev.  Jared  O.  Knapp  of  Hatfield.  He  was  dismissed 
in  1S61,  having  had  a  longer  pastorate  than  any  of  his  predecessors 
except  Rev.  Mr.  Whitman.  He  removed  to  Soulhwick,  Mass.,  where 
he  was  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  three  years  and  a  half, 
and  was  there  married  to.  Mrs.  M.  C.  F.  Vining. 

Closing  his  labors  there  he  removed  to  Westfield,  in  1865,  for  the 
purpose  of  educating  his  children.  For  the  last  five  years  of  his  life 
he  was  engaged  most  of  the  lime  in  supplying  in  various  places 
vacant  churches,  which  uniformly  highly  esteemed  his  labors.  He 
was  an  accurate  scholar,  a  rapid  writer,  social,  correct  in  doctrine, 
upright  in  life,  firm  and  courteous. 

His  death  octurred  at  Westfield,  September  29,  1870,  from  typhoid 
fever,  after  an  illness  of  only  a  few  days.  His  wife  and  two  daugh- 
ters survive  him.  His  remains  were  brought  to  Goshen  and  interred 
by  the  side  of  his  second  wife,  and  among  a  people  whom  he  remem- 
bered with  affection,  and  who  loved  him  tenderly  while  living,  and 
revere  his  memory  being  dead. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson  again  supplied  for  a  year,  and  was  chosen 
by  a  unanimous  vote  to  represent  the  district  in  the  Legislature  of 
1862.     He  removed  to  Belvidere,  Illinois,  where  he  now  resides. 

Rev.  Sidney  Hoi  man  succeeded  Mr.  Thompson,  and  preached 
here  for  about  four  years,  then  four  in  Windsor,  and  nearly  four  in 
Wethersfield,  Vt.,  when,  his  health  failing,  he  preached  his  last  ser- 
mon May  31,  1874.  He  returned  to  his  daughter's  home  in  Goshen, 
and  there  closed  his  life  December  31,  1874.  He  was  born  in  Roy- 
alston,  Mass.,  January  5,  1800  ;  graduated  at  Williams  College, 
1830  ;  studied  theology  at  Auburn  Seminary;  settled  first  in  Saugus, 
afterward  in  Killingly,  Conn.,  Webster  and  Millbury,  Mass.,  preach- 
ing and  teaching  in  the  latter  town  for  several  years.     His  first  wife, 

*  Miss  Jennie  E.  Kellogg. 


50  HISTORY    OF    GOSILEX. 

Myra  Fisher  of  Teiiipletoii,  the  mother  of  his  five  children,  died  here, 
and  he  married,  second,  L,  Emeline  Griswold,  who  survives  him.  He 
afterwards  removed  to  Holyoke  and  taught  school  for  seven  years, 
preach. ing  also  as  he  had  opportunity.  Mr.  Hohnan  was  a  faithful 
servant  of  his  Master,  and  won  the  respect  and  good  will  of  his  peo- 
ple and  pupils  wherever  he  labored.  He  was  a  strong  advocate  of 
temperance,  and  started  a  total  abstinence  pledge  in  college.  Dr. 
GrifKin,  the  president,  said,  "  Holman,  you  are  too  fast,  for  I  drink  a 
little  wine  ;"  but  afterwards  he  said,  "  Holman,  you  was  right  and  I 
was  wrong." 

While  in  college  he  was  classmate  and  room'-mate  with  Hon.  J.  M. 
Howard,  U.  i"\  Senator  from  Michigan.  Howaid  was  not  a  profes- 
sor of  religion,  bu<.  he  much  respected  the  quality  of  that  which  Hol- 
man possessed,  and  would  turn  the  key  of  their  room  before  retiring, 
and  say,  '*  C.hum,  read  the  good  book  and  say  thie  good  w'ord  before 
we  turn  in."' 

Rev.  H.  M.  Rogeis  came  in  February,  1867,  and  supplied  till  the 
summer  of  1868.  A  man  of  good  talents,  and  muoh  energy  and 
decision  of  character.  He  has  been  pastor  of  the  church  in  Holden 
since  1877. 

Rev.  Townsend  Walker  commenced  his  labors  here  September^ 
1868;  a  native  of  Gieat  Barrington,  a  graduate  of  Williams  College  ; 
settled  first  at  Baldwinsville,.  N.  Y.,  remaining-  nine  years.  His 
health  was  delicate  foi-  several  years,  and  in  March,  1873,  he  pro- 
posed to  close  his  labors  liere,  but  such  was  the  affection  of  his  j3eo- 
ple  that  they  continued  his  sa'ary  till  his  decease,  July  31,  1873.  In 
reply  to  a  brother  who  asked  how  he  felt  in  view  of  his  approaching 
change,  he  replied,  "  Why,  just  as  I  expected,  and  I  want  to  disabuse 
your  mind,  and  that  of  the  biethren  whom  I  often  hear  praying  to  be 
prepared  for  death,  of  the  idea  that  you  have  anvthing  to  do  with  it. 
Your  busiiK^ss  is  to  be  prepared  for  life  and  its  ol^ligations,  and  you 
need  have  no  fear  of  death."     Fie  was  buried  in  Goshen. 

Rev.  Mr.  Juchau  succeeded  Mr.  Walker,  and  remained  two  years. 
He  was  an  Englishman  by  birth. 

Rev.  D.  B.  Lord  commenced  his  labors  in  December,  1876,  and 
continued  here  about  three   years,    when    he   removed  to  Blandford. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  51 

The  ean^.est  and  faithful  labors  of  Mr.  Lord  resulted  in  a  large  acces- 
sion to  (lie  church  and  the  quickening  of  its  christian  graces. 

Rev.  Edward  Clarke  and  others  supplied  till  October,  1880,  when 
J.  E.  M.  Wright,  of  Needham,  accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate,  and 
comuienced  his  labors.      He  was  installed  December  8,  i88g. 

Deacons. 

^Oliver  Taylor served  1787  to  1826 

*Artemas  Stone - "  17S7  1790 

*Thomas  Brown "  1790  i^oj 

Justin  Parsons "  1801  18 10 

Cyril  Carpenter "  1809  18 19 

Jonathan  Lyman "  18 10  1834 

Stephen    ]^arsons .  . '. "  1822  1837 

Eben'r  W.     I'own "  1833  1S3S 

Asahel    Billings "  1837  1S46 

.  Marcus  Linsley '•  1S39  'S.;i 

^Benjamin  W'iiiie '•  1845  ^873 

"^Francis  Lyman "  1S45  1851 

Theron  L.  Bairus. "  1858  now  in  office. 

Henry  H.   'I'ilton '•  1861  1865 

*Elijah    Billings ••  1872  1879 

George   Dresser '■  1880  now  in  office. 

Artemas  Stone  died  September  16,  1790,  aged  43  years.  The  epi 
taph  upon  his  gravestone  states  that  about  seven  months  before  his 
death,  he  with  great  fortitude  of  mind,  endured  the  amputation  of 
both  his  legs.  Justin  Parsons  became  a  minister  of  the  gospel  and 
removed  to  Whiting,  Vt.  Asahel  Billings,  dismissed  in  1846  to 
South  Hadley  Falls,  returned  in  1850,  was  re  elected,  but  did  not 
tbrmally  accept,  though  he  continued  to  officiate  till  his  death, 
December  4,  1866,  at  the  age  of  80  years.  One  of  his  pastors 
recorded  against  his  name,  '*  As  good  a  deacon  as  ever  lived."  Car- 
penter <;^nd  Town  removed  to  Enfield,  Stepiien  Parsons  to  Buckland, 
Marcus  Linsley  to  Southwick.  Jonathan  Lyman  was  "dismissed" 
i8i8,  re-chosen  1822,  removed  to  Northampton  1834.  H.  H,  Tilton 
removed  to  WiJliamsburgh.  T.  L.  Barrus  resided  in  Cummington, 
1864  to  1867. 

*  Died  in  office. 


52  HISTORY    OF  -GOSHEX. 

Ilevival  Seasons. 

The  church  was  early  favored  with  revivals  of  religion,  and  seems 
to  have  been  organized  soon  after  such  a  season.  The  summer  of 
1779  is  said  to  liave  been  "remarkable  for  the  display  of  tiie  power 
and  mercy  of  God,  in  bringing  lost  men  froin  the  bondage  of  sin  into 
the  liberty  of  tlie  gospel."  Jeremiaii  Hallock,  (afterwards  Rev.)  was 
one  of  the  first  fruits  of  this  revivaL  In  his  Autobiography  and  Life, 
published  in  1830,  it  appears  that  the  first  religious  meeting  of  young 
people  ever  held  in  the  town,  was  in  June  or  July  of  that  year.  Not 
many  weeks  after  this,  he  wrote,  "I  was  called  to  do  military  duty;  on 
the  release  of  the  company  for  a  little  refreshment — without  any  plan 
or  intention  of  mine, — I  found  myself  in  a  barn,  near  the  place  of  pa- 
rade, surrounded  by  my  fellow-youth  and  others,  and  exhorting  them 
on  the  things  of  religion.  One  of  my  friends  was  then  awakened, 
who  afterwards  obtained  hope.  About  this  time  the  awakening, 
which  had  been  secretly  advancing,  began  to  break  forth,  and  by  the 
first  of  January,  1780,  it  was  spread  considerably  over  the  town. 
And  though  the  season  was  cold  and  the  snow  very  deep,  (for  this 
has  since  been  distinguished  by  the  name  of  "The  Hard  Winter") 
yet  the  meetings  were  frequent,  full  and  solemn.  As  we  had  no  min- 
ister, and  I  was  the  first  of  the  apparent  converts,  the  lead  of  the 
meetings  often  devolved  upon  me;  and  my  dear  mates  looked  to  me 
for  instiuction,  showed  me  great  respect,  and  put  confidence  in  what 
I  said.  I  lived  this  winter  with  Mr. — [Ebenezer  Putney].  As  we 
were  dressing  flax,  P'ebruary  9th,  in  a  back  room,  the  flax  took  fire, 
and  burnt  so  quickly  and  furiously — the  wind  being  high — that  in  a 
few  minutes  the  flames  pervaded  the  whole  house,  which  was  consum- 
ed, with  nearly  all  its  contents.  *  *  ^  It  gave  me  an  impressive 
sense  of  the  end  of  the  world,  and  the  inexpressible  ccnsternation  of 
poor  thoughtless  sinners,  who  think  as  little  of  that  dreadful  hour  as 
the  old  world  thought  of  the  flood,  or  as  we  thought  of  this  fire  till 
it  came.  During  March  and  April  I  attended  meetings  most  ©f  the 
evenings.  *  *  =^  I  trust  the  Lord  was  gracious  with  us  and  bless- 
ed my  poor  exhortations  to  his  children  and  to  some  thoughtless  sin- 
ners." ' 

Mr.  Hallock  united  with  this  church  on  the  eighth  of  March, 
1781.  About  20  others  were  prdbably  received  at  this  time  or  soon 
after.     In  1798  more  than  forty  were  added;  in  1808,  forty-seven;  in 


HISTORY    OF    GOSH  EX.  Do 

1819,  twelve;  in  1831,  a  season  of  remarkable  revivals  throughout  the 
country,  this  church  became  more  active.  The  Confession  of  Faith 
and  Covenant  were  printed;  it  was  voted  to  lay  aside  the  requirement 
of  a  written  relation  of  experience  from  candidates  for  membership; 
the  church  met  "to  consult  for  the  prosperity  of  Zion,  and  after  many 
confessions  on  the  part  of  the  members,  they  resolved  to  be  in  their 
closets  every  morning  at  6  o'clock  to  pray  for  a  revival  of  religion." 
The  revival  came,  and  during  the  year  tliirty-two  persons  were  re- 
ceived into  the  chuich. 

One  of  the  subjects  of  this  revival — J.  Milton  Smith — gives  the  fol- 
lowing account  of  it: — 

''Before  there  was  any  apparent  interest,  Mr.  Hohiies  preached  a 
very  affecting  discourse  from  Jeremiah,  13:17 — "But  if  ye  will  not 
hear  it,  my  soul  shall  weep  in  secret  places  for  your  pride,  &c.,"  and 
from  the  text  you  may  infer  his  subject.  In  the  spring,  a  four  days 
meeting  was  appointed,  which  was  attended  by  neighboring  ministers. 
Mr.  Kimball  of  Plainfield,  preached  from  the  words,  "Treasuring  up 
wrath  against  the  day  of  wrath;"  and  Mr.  Holmes  preached  a  very 
impressive  sermon  upon  the  long  suffering  patience  of  God.  Rev. 
Mr.  Boardman,  then  of  Connecticut,  (a  man  who  saw  deep  into  the 
human  heart)  was  very  successful  in  driving  sinners  from  their  refuge 
of  lies.  There  were  also  inquiry  meetings  while  the  church  was  en- 
gaged in  prayer  in  anotlier  apartment.  x\nother  means  of  promoting 
the  revival  that  Was  perhaps  as  efficient  as  any,  was  the  work  of  a 
visiting  committee  through  the  different  districts  for  personal  conver- 
sation witii  each  individual." 

In  1843  ^  series  of  meetings,  held  for  many  days  in  successioi'i 
during  the  months  of  February  and  March,  resulted  in  adding  thirty- 
two  more  to  the  membership  of  the  church.  In  1848  there  were  22 
additions;  in  1877,  twelve;  in  1879  twenty-six. 

During  the  first  ten  years  of  the  history  of  the  church,  from  1780 
to  1790,  seventy-one  were  added  to  its  membership;  from  1790  to 
1800,  fifty-nine;  1800  to  1810,  seventy;  1810  to  1820,  twelve;  1820  to 
1830,  forty  two;  1830  to  1840,  eighty-four;  1840  to  1850,  seventy-nine; 
1850  to  i860,  forty-one;  i860  to  1870,  fifteen;  1870  (o  1880  inclusive, 
sixty-three. 

The  question  is  sometimes  started,  "what  good  comes  of  the 
church?"'  The  influence  of  the  church  upon  the  people  of  this  tow^ 
may  help  to  answer  the  question. 


^4r  HISTOKY    OP    GOSILEX. 

The  number  of  young  men,  natives  and  residents  of  the  town,  who 
have  titled  for  the  ministry  has  been  large  as  compared  with  the  pop- 
ulaiion. 

Jeremiah  Hallock  came  herewith  his  father,  Wm.  Hallock,  in  1776, 
at  the -age  of  eiglu  years,  was  ordained  as  a  preacher  and  dismissed 
from  the  church  in  Goshen  and  reciommended  to  ihe  churcii  at  West 
Simsbury,  in  17S5,  preached  forty  years  at  Canton,  Conn.,  with  great 
success,  died  1826.  His  memoir  is  too  well  known  to  need  further 
remark  in  this  sketch. 

Moses  Hallock,  brother  of  Jeremiah,. united  with  this  church  in 
17S4,  graduated  at  Yale,  1788,  was  installed  at  Plainfield,-  i;^92.  He 
fitted  more  young  men  for  college,  it  is  said,  than  any'  man  of  his 
time.     He  died  in  1837,  at  the  age  of  77. 

Rev.  Justin  Parsons,  a  native  of  Northampton,  son  of  Lieut.  Benja- 
min, who  died  in  Goshen  in  1777,  was  not  a  graduate  of  any  college. 
He  united  with  the  church  in  Goshen  at  its  organization  or  soon  after. 
He  was  a  man  of  strong  intellect,  of  good  business  capacity,  and  re- 
ceived from  his  townsmen  frequent  proofs  of  their  confidence,  by 
electing  him  to  positions  of  trust  and  honor.  When  nearly  fiffy  years 
of  age  he  cominenced  the  study  of  theology  with  his  pastor,  Rev.  Mr. 
Whilman,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  West  of  Stockbridge.  He  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  church  in  Whiting,  Vt.,  January  24,  1810.  He  was  dis- 
missed in  1812,  and  in  the  next  year  was  installed  pastor  over  the 
united  churches  in  Pittsfield  and  Stockbridge,  Vt.  He  remained  here 
till  1S31,  and  after  his  dismission  preached  in  Jamaica,  Vt.,for  about 
ten  years.  He  then  removed  to  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and  was  a  benefactor 
of  the  college  founded  there  in  1833.  He  married  ist,  Lucretia  Par- 
sons of  Stockbridge,  1786;  2d,  Electa  Frary  of  Hatfield,  1788.  He 
died  at  Ridgeville,  Ohio,  April  1847,  ^g^^^  S8  years. 

Levi  Parsons,  son  of  Rev.  Justin  and  Mrs.  Electa  (Frary)  Parsons, 
was  born  in  Goshen,  July  IS,  1792.  He  possessed  from  childhood  a 
most  amiable  disposition,  and  his  parents  never  had  occasion  sharply 
to  rebuke  or  correct  him.  He  united  with  the  church  in  the  revival 
of  1808,  but  soon  after  removed  with  his  parents  to  Whiting,  Vt.  He 
graduated  at  Middlebury  college  1814,  Andover  1817,  embarked  at 
Boston  under  the  direction  of  the  American  Board  as  a  missionary  to 
Palestine,  Nov.  3,  1819,  and  arrived  at  Jerusalem,  Feb  17,  1821.  He 
remained  there  for  a  short  time  busily  engaged  in  distributing  Bibles 
and  tracts    and  visiting  the  principal  places  of  historical  interest,  but 


REV.    LEVI   PARSONS, 

MISSIONARY  TO  PALESTINE. 


HISTORY' or    GOSHEX.  o5 

the  unsettled  state  of  the  aff<.\irs  of  the  country  caused  hi;n  to  leave 
for  Smyrna.  At  Syra  he  was  detained  with  serious  sickness.  At 
Smyrna  his  health  again  failed,  and  he  went  with  his  associate,  Mr. 
Fisk,  to  Alexandria,  hoping  a  change  of  climate  would  restore  it. 
But  he  lived  only  a  short  time  after  his  arrival.  He  died  at  Alexan- 
dria, Feb.  lo^  1822.  'J'he  annual  report  of  the  Board  said  of  him, 
"Few  men  in  any  employment,  even  among  those  who  have  been  dis- 
tinguished for  their  piety,  leave  so  spotless  a  name  as  was  left  by  Mr. 
Parsons."  His  nat!V(t  town  possesses  a  pleasant  memento  of  him  in 
the  beautiful  maple  shade  trees  that  line  the  avenue  leading  to  the 
residence  of  F.  Willis  Sears,  about  a  mile  north  of  the  meetinghouse. 
The  setting  of  the  trees  was  the  work  of  Levi  in  his  boyhood,  while 
this  was  the  homestead  of  his  parents.  An  interesting  biography  of 
him  was  written  by  his  brother-in-law,  Rev.  Daniel  O.  Morton. 

Benjamin  Parsons,  brother  of  Rev.  Justin,  became  a  lawyer,  resided 
for  some  years  in  Chesterfield,  which  town  he  represented  in  the 
Legislature  1805-8,  and  soon  after  removed  to  Boston.  He  subse- 
quently became  a  preacher  of  the  Unitarian  faith  in  the  West  and 
author  of  several  theological  works. 

Silas    Parsons,  another    brother    of    Rev.    Justin,   united  with    the 
church  in  Goshen    by  letter   from    Shelburne,  in  1790;  removed  from 
»  Goshen  to  Charlemont   about    1802;  studied    theology^  and    became 
pastor  of  the  church  in  Sudbury,  Vt, 

Erastus  Parsons,  son  of  Rev.  Silas,  ei^tered  Middlebury  College 
1810,  and  was  active  in  Christian  labor.  In  the  winter  of  iSii  he  taught 
school  in  Pittsford.  His  labors  for  the  good  of  his  pupils  were  inde- 
fatigable; a  revival  of  religion  in  his  school  resulted  in  adding  thirty 
youth  to  the  church.  His  health  failing,  he  took  a  dismission  from 
college,  but  was  licensed  to  preach  in  May,  1812.  He  declined  a 
pastorate,  but  continued  to  preach  as  his  health  permitted,  till  his  de- 
cease in  May,  18 13. 

Rev.  Horatio  Bardwell,  D.  D.,  born  in  Belchertown,  November  3, 
1788,  removed  to  Goshen  with  his  father's  family  in  1803;  united 
with  the  church  in  May,  1808;  entered  Andover  Seminary,  181 1; 
licensed  to  preach,  1814^  ordained,  June  21,  1815,  as  missionary; 
sailed  October  23,  1815;  arrived  at  Bombay,  November  r,  1816. 

Mr.  Bardwell  continued  there  till    January,  1822,  wdien    his   health 


56  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

having  failed,  the  jDhysicians  decided  he  could  not  live  and  labor  in 
that  climate.  He  reached  Boston  in  November  following,  and  was 
eventually  released  from  the  service.  His  improving  health  allowed 
him  to  resume  his  labors  in  the  ministry,  and  he  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  church  in  Holden,  in  1823.  He  was  appointed  agent  of  the 
American  Board  in  1832;  installed  pastor  of  tiie  church  in  Oxford, 
June  8,  1836,  from  which,  at  his  own  request,  he  was  dismissed  June 
5,  1864.  Amherst  College  conferred  upon  him,  in  1857,  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity. 

His  biographer  says:  "The  key  to  the  entire  life  and  character  of 
Dr.  Bardwell,  is  found  in  his  consecration  to  the  work  of  missions. 
He  pursued  his  studies  just  at  the  period  when  the  churches  began 
to  be  stirred  with  a  new  zeal  for  extending  the  kingdom  of  God 
among  the  heathen.  It  was  an  untried  experiment  and  demanded 
singleness  of  purpose,  firmness  of  faith  and  heroic  self-denial.  *  * 
He  was  a  man  singularly  unselfish,  never  shrinking  from  service^ 
never  obtruding  himself,  always  courteous,  affable,  and  genial,  always 
a  man,  a  christian  always."  Says  another,  "his  ministry  was  success- 
ful and  he  kept  his  church  united." 

Preston  T'aylor,  a  native  of  Ashfield,  united  witli  the  church  in 
Goshen  in  182 1.  He  gave  up  agricultural  pursuits  for  the  ministry, 
and  preached  for  several  years  in  Putney  and  Bridgewater,  Vt.  Hfi 
afterwards  removed  to  Schoolcraft,  Mich.,  where  he  preached  for 
many  years,  serving  also  as  postmaster  and  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He 
died  some  years  since.     * 

Rev.  E.  Putney  Salmon,  born  in  Goshen,  April  5,  1804,  studied 
medicine  in  New  York,  and  theology  at  Andover  and  Princeton.  In 
1833  he  moved  to  Ohio  and  practiced  medicine  successfully  for  ten 
years.  Having  secured  a  competence,  he  gave  up  the  practice  of 
medicine  and  devoted  all  his  time  to  the  ministry..  In  i860  here- 
moved  to  Allen's  Grove,  Wiscon^in^  took  charge  of  the  Congregation- 
al church,  and  became  President  of  the  Academy,  the  preparatory 
school  of  Beloit  College.  He  removed  to  Beloit  in  1865,  and  retired 
from  active  life.  He  died  December  11,  1880.  He  had  been  an  in- 
valid for  five  years. 

Rev.  Jason  Olds  was  long  engaged  in  the  ministry  at  the  West.  He 
was  settled  in  Ohio. 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSIIEX.  57 

Ezekiel  Cheever,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Whitman,  graduated  at 
Williams,  preached  some,  was  the  author  of  several  pamphlets,  died 
in  1862. 

Rev.  William  Williams^  son  of  Jonah,  a  graduate  of  Amherst,  and 
classmate  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  was  a  professor  in  Lagrange  Col- 
lege, Alabama,  till  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  when  he  was 
obliged  to  flee  to  the  north.  He  returned  to  his  home  at  the  close  of 
the  war,  and  died  several  years  since. 

Benj.  F.  Brown,  son. of  Thomas,  graduate  of  Amherst,  became  a 
IDreacher,  went  to  Virginia,  where  he  died  in  1812. 

Alvan  Stone,  son  of  Maj.  Ambrose,  studied  at  Amherst,  but  his  de- 
voted piety  demanding  a 'more  active  field  of  labor,  he  took  a  dismis- 
sion from  the  college  in  1831,  went  to  Illinois,  and  was  there  zealously 
engaged  in  establishing  Sabbath  schools  and  in  other  missionary  ef- 
forts, till  his  early  death,  wdiich  occurred  at  Alton,  Illinois,  in  1833,  at 
the  age  of  25.  His  short  life  was  full  of  good  works.  An  interesting 
memoir  of  him  was  published  by  Rev.  David  Wright. 

Frederick  W.  Burgess,  son  of  Silas,  studied  at  Williams,  but  grad- 
uated at  Union  College.  He  preached  for  some  time  in  T'>Iichigan 
and  other  places,  was  a  very  devoted  and  faithful  christian,  but  was 
soon  called  to  his  reward.     He  died  1S38,  at  the  age  of  27. 

Rev.  Joseph  S.  Burgess,  another  son  of  Silas,  studied  theology  at 
Whitestown,  N.  Y.      He  is  now  settled  at  Lewiston,  Maine. 

Rev.  D.  Grosvenor  Wright,  D.  D.,  son  of  Rev.  Joel,  the  former 
pastor  of  the  church,  is  pastor  of  a  church  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

B.  Franklin  Parsons,  son  of  Willard,  a  gradiKHe  of  Williams,  won 
a  good  reputation  as  teacher.  He  was  for  some  lime  principal  of 
Baron  Academy,  at  Colchester,  Conn.,  and  afterwards  at  New  Marl- 
boro', Mass.      He  is  also  licensed  as  a  preacher. 

J.  Fisher  Crossett,  son  of  Rev.  Robert,  entered  the  ministry  and 
went  to  China  as  a  missionary. 

Rev.  Rufus  Cushman,  son  of  Caleb,  born  in  Goshen,  1778,  gradu- 
ated at  Williams   College,   1805  ;  united   with  this  church  in   1793  ; 


58  HISTORY    OF    GOSHElSr. 

married  Theodocia,  daughter  of  Dea.  Artemas  Stome,  June  9,  1806  ; 
became  pastor  of  the  church  in  Fair  Haven,  Vt.,  1807  ;  died  Febru- 
ary 3,  1829,  having  been  pastor  of  the  same  church  22  years.  The 
Cushman  Genealogy  says, — "  He  was  a  good,  plain,  Puritan  man, 
distinguished  for  solid,  rather  than  brilliant  qualities  ;  sedate,  firm, 
and  persevering  in  his  labors;  willing  to  'work  on — work  ever'  in 
the  cause  of  his  Master,  whose  service  he  loved,  and  whose  life  he 
aimed  to  imitate.  He  did  what  he  could  to  bring  sinners  to  repen- 
tance, and  to  promote  and  diffuse  love  to  God  and  love  to  man 
among  his  people." 

It  is  told  of  him  that  he  had  a  rich  parishioner,  who  was  fond  of 
jokes  that  were  not  always  free  from  sharp  points.  He  rode  up  to 
Mr.  Cushman's  door  one  day,  and  the  pastor  stepped  out  with  his 
sermon  in  his  hand  to  see  what  he  wanted.  "Good  morning,  Mr. 
Cushman,"  said  he,  "  what  have  you  got  there  ?  "  "  My  sermon  for 
rnext  Sabbath.  I  am  sewing  it  together."  "Ah,  yes;  but  if  it  is  no 
better  than  the  rest  of  your  sermons  you  had  better  sew  it  up  all 
round."  The  pastor  dropped  his  head  and  turned  away,  for  he  never 
joked  his  parishioners.  The  man's  fun  was  spoiled.  He  went  home 
in  the  deepest  sorrow.  Now,  thought  he,  I  have  done  wrong.  I  am 
not  a  gentleman,  and  though  I  am  not  a  christian,  and  I  am  not  a 
member,  and  have  never  done  enough  for  him,  I  will  henceforward 
be  his  friend.  He  unharnessed  his  horse,  went  in,  and  made  out,  a 
deed  of  a  farm  giving  the  minister  the  products  of  it  during  his  natu- 
ral life.  He  continued  to  reap  its  fields,  and  to  enjoy  the  sweetest 
friendship  of  the  generous  parishioner  through  life.  His  son,  Rev. 
Rufus  S.  Cushman,  D.D..  thirty-four  years  in  the  ministry,  died  three 
and  a  half  years  ago  in  Manchester,  Vt. 

Rev.  Ralph  Cushman,  born  in  Goshen  in  1792,  brother  of  Rev. 
Rufus;  united  with  this  church  1808  ;  graduated  at  Williams  College  ; 
married  Sophia  Moseley  of  Westfield,  1820  ;  licensed  to  preach  in  the 
same  year,  and  went  to  Hopkinsville,  Ken.,  as  a  home  missionary; 
was  installed  pastor  of  Presbyterian  church  in  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  1825  ; 
appointed  General  Secretary  of  American  Home  Missionary  Society, 
1830,  for  the  Western  States,  and  removed  to  ('incinnati  ;  died  at 
Wooster,  Ohio,  August  27,  1831.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a  devoted 
servant  of  Christ,  and  mariy  friends  bore  testimony  to  the  faithfulness 
and  success  of  his  labors  in  the  ministry. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHE:Nr.  59 

Calvin  Cushman,  brother  of  the  above,  born  June  13,  1784;  mar- 
ried Laura  Bardwell  of  this  town,  November,  1809  ;  taught  school 
when  a  young  man,  but  had  not  a  college  education.  In  the  early 
efforts  of  the  American  Board  for  the  civilization  of  the  Cherokees 
and  Choctaws,  Mr.  Cushman,  Mr.  John  Smith  and  Mr.  Elijah  Bard- 
well, all  members  of  the  church,  were  sent  out  with  their  families  as 
assistant  missionaries  and  teachers  to  the  Choctaws  in  Mississippi. 

'J'tjey  left  Goshen,  September  13,  1820,  for  their  field  of  labor, 
going  by  way  of  the  Ohio,  Mississippi  and  Yazoo  rivers.  The 
account  of  their  journey  shows  a  wide  contrast  between  the  modes  of 
travel  of  that  day  and  the  present.  They  embarked  in  a  craft  in 
common  use  in  those  waters,  called  an  ark.  It  was  56  feet  long,  14 
wide  and  6  high,  bottom  fiat,  roof  convex,  the  walls  at  the  sides  and 
ends  straight  and  perpendicular.  Two  long  oars  at  the  side  served 
for  rowing  and  one  at  the  stern  for  a  rudder.  It  had  three  apart- 
ments. In  one  was  a  cow,  one  served  for  a  kitchen  and  sitting  room, 
and  the  other  for  a  school  room,  where,  during  the  three  months  of 
their  passage  down  the  river,  was  taught  a  school  of  ten  children. 
Su<:h  arks  cost  about  $100,  and  being  unmanageable  against  the 
current  were  sold  at  New  Orleans  for  a  mere  trifle.  In  floating 
down  the  river  the  missionary  company  were' not  idle.  They  sent 
copies  of  the  "Swearer's  Prayer"  on  board  another  ark,  which  induced 
the  crew  to  quit  profane  swearing  by  agreement,  and  procured  for 
Rev.  Mr.  Byington  from  Stockbridge,  who  went  as  missionary  with 
the  others  named,  an  opportunity  to  preach  to  the  crews  of  seven  or 
eight  other  arks  on  successive  evenings.  A  man  at  a  village  on  the 
western  bank  of  the  river,  hearing  of  these  meetings,  besought  the 
missionaries,  with  tears,  to  land  and  have  a  meeting  at  his  house,  as 
some  of  his  neighbors  had  never  heard  a  sermon  They  complied 
and  had  a  very  interesting  meeting,  and  the  people  promised  that 
they  would  thenceforth  meet  every  Sabbath  and  read  the  scriptures. 

They  arrived  at  the  mouth  of  the  Yazoo,  January  27,  where  it  be- 
came necessary  to  leave  their  ark.  Mr.  Cushman  and  family  passed 
through  the  wilderness  with  a  wagon,  and  arrived  at  his  destination 
early  in  March.  Mr.  Bardwell  also  went  by  land  and  arrived  in  May. 
Mr.  Smith  and  others  ascended  the  river  in  a  batteau.  His  oldest  son, 
after  toiling  three  weeks  at  the  oar,  sickened  and  died  in  a  week.  A 
hundred  miles  from  any  human  habitation  the  remains  were  buried 
and  the  bark  peeled  from  a  tree  to  mark  the  grave.     For  three  weeks 


60  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

longer  they  were  obliged  to  toii  in  rowing  against  the  current,  the 
females  assisting;  at  the  helm,  before  reaching  the  end  of  their 
jaurney. 

It  has  been  sometimes  intimated  that  these  missionaries  engaged 
in  their  work  from  motives  of  a  mercenary  character.  A  historical 
sketch  of  the  mission  referring  to  the  removal  of  the  Indians  beyond 
the  Mississippi  in  1833,  sets  tins  matter  probably  in  its  true  light. 
It  says,  "As  fewer  laborers  would  be  needed  among  the  Choctaws, 
Messrs.  Cushman,  Smith,  Bardwell  and  others,  with  their  wives, 
were,  at  their  own  request,  released  from  the  service  of  the  Board. 
Most  of  them  had  expended  ten  or  twelve  of  the  best  years  of  their 
lives  in  missionary  labors  and  sufferings,  with  no  compensation  but 
;i  bare  subsistence  for  the  time  ;  and  such  of  them  as  had  property 
had  given  it  to  the  board.  Now,  when  they  were  aboilt  to  be  left 
without  employment,  in  the  decline  of  life,  and  with  impaired  health, 
the  board  was  not  authorized  to  give,  nor  were  they  willing  to  receive 
such  compensation  for  past  services  ns  their  labois  might  have  com- 
manded in  some  worldly  pursuit ;  but  from  the  household  and  other 
movable  property  least  salable,  which  no  longer  could  be  used  for 
missionary  purposes,  they  were  allowed  to  take  such  articles  as  would 
enable  them  t®  commence  frugal  arrangements  for  future  support." 

They  were  released  from  service  January  15,  1833.  Mr.  Cushman 
and  wife  and  Mr.  Smith  and  wife  spent  the  remainder  of  tiieir  days 
in  Mississippi.  Mr.  Bardwell  removed  to  Michigan  and  became  a 
preacher.  Mr.  Cushman  became  a  prominent  citizen,  was  Judge  of 
Probate,  and  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  died  August 
8,  1841. 

Miss  Electa  May,  daughter  of  Nehemiah,  born  in  Goshen,  1783, 
went  as  missionary  tQ  the  Choctaws  in  ^823,  and  was  married  the 
next  year  to  Rev.  Cyrus  Kingsbury,  one  of  the  earliest  missionaries 
to  the  Choctaws,  and  accompanied  them  to  their  new  home  beyond 
the  Mississippi.  Mr.  Zechariah  Howes  of  Ashfield,  and  Mr.  Anson 
Dyer  of  Plainfield,  also  were  sent  out  to  this  mission  held  in  1820. 

Minerva  Cushman,  born  August  20,  1788,  married  first,  Amos 
Dresser,  1808,  and  removed  to  Peru.  They  were  parents  of  Rev. 
Amos  Dresser.  The  father  died  1813,  and  the  mother  married, 
second,  Henry  Pierce,  and  of  their  children  was  Rev.  Charles  Henry 
Pierce,  a  successful   pastor. 


iiiSTOKY  OF  goshp:n.  61 

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  say  a  word  respectino^  Rev.  Amos 
Dresser,  so  nearly  connected  with  this  church  and  people.  Born  in 
1812,  an  orphan  before  lie  was  four  months  old,  he  entered  Oneida 
Institute,  1830,  which,  in  company  with  Horace  Bushnell,  he  left  to 
enter  Lane  Seminary,  but  they  found  on  arrival  it  only  existed  in 
prospect,  and  would  not  be  opened  for  some  months.  They  hired 
and  furnished  a  room,  and  commenced  their  studies,  and  so  Lane 
Son'mary  tvas  commenced.  Other  young  men  came  and  followed 
their  example,  prosecuting  their  studies  regularly,  as  if  the  institution 
had  been  fully  equipped  with  ofBcers  and  teachers. 

The  discussion  of  the  slavery  question  by  the  students  in  the  win- 
ter of  1833-4,  in  the  absence  of  Dr.  Beecher,  the  president,  created 
much  excitement,  and  the  faculty  dissolved  the  anti-slavery  society 
which  the  students  had  formed.  Young  Dresser  and  about  70  others, 
feeling  aggrieved,  kft  the  institution.  Soon  after,  his  health  failing, 
he  purposed  visiting  his  uncle  Calvin,  the  missionary  in  Mississippi. 
He  purchased  a  horse  and  carriage,  took  a  quantity  of  bibles  and 
other  books  to  pay  his  expenses,  and  set  out  on  his  journey.  Stop- 
ping at  Nashville  he  was  seized  and  brought  to  trial.  A  bible  had 
been  found  wrapped  in  a  copy  of  \\\^  Emancipator,  which  had  thrown 
the  people  into  intense  excitement.  His  trunk  was  searched,  and 
his  journal  examined  to  find  some  evidence  against  him.  The 
mayor,  after  scanning  its  pages,  said,  "It  cannot  be  read,  but  it  is 
evidently  very  hostile  to  slavery."  He  was  sentenced  to  receive  20 
lashes,  after  which  he  found  it  necessary  to  leave  at  once,  and  in 
disguise,  in  order  to  avoid  a  worse  fate.  He  is  now,  and  has  been 
for  many  years,  a  pastor  in  the  west. 

Vesta  Cushn^an,  another  daughter,  married  Moses  Dresser.  They 
had  a  family  of  eight  children,  one  of  whom,  George  Dresser,  is  now 
an  officer  of  the  church,  chosen  in  1880 — its  centenni.il  deacon. 

Wealthy,  the  eldest  daugher  of  Caleb  Cushman,  born  in  this  town 
October,  1779,  married  Jonathan  Wright,  of  Northampton,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1799,  and  subsequently  removed  to  Jackson,  Me.,  where  she 
died  in  1846.  One  of  her  sons  became  a  minister  of  the  gospel, 
served  faithfully  as  a  chaplain  in  the  army  of  the  Union,  and  is  now 
the  beloved  pastor  of  the  church  of  his  maternal  ancestors,  a 
worthy  son  of  worthy  parentage — the  Rev.  J.  E.  M.  Wright. 


62  HISTORY    OP    GOSHEN. 

A  goodly  number  of  the  daughters  of  Goshen  have  married  minis- 
ters and  missionaries.  Their  names  are  entitled  to  remembrance, 
and  as  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  are  given.  The  family  of  Elijah 
Bardwell  seems  to  have  borne  off  the  pahn  in  this  respect.  Rhoda,  the 
oldest  daughter, married  in  1807,  Rev.  Wm.  Fisher;  Laura,  married 
1811,  Calvin  Cushman,  the  missionary  to  the  Choctavvs;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried 1813,  Rev.  James  Richards,  missionary  to  Ceylon.  Two  of  the 
brothers.  Rev.  Horatio  Bardwell  and  Rev,  Elijah  Bardwell,  were  the 
missionaries  already  referred  to.  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Rev.  Justin 
Parsons,  joined  the  church  in  1808,  married  Rev.  Daniel  Morton. 
They  were  the  parents  of  Hon.  Levi  Parsons  Morton,  member  of 
Congress  from  New  York  city,  who  is  now  prominently  before  the 
public  as  worthy  of,  and  likely  to  receive,  a  position  in  President 
Garfield's  cabinet. 

The  family  of  William  Hallock  have  also  a  worthy  record.  Of 
Revs.  Jeremiah  and  Moses,  nothing  needs  to  be  added.  Abigail, 
married  Rev.  Joel  Chapin;  Esther  married  Rev.  Josiah  Hayden. 
They  were  the  parents  of  Lieut.  Gov.  Joel  Hayden. 

Hannah,  daughter  of  Reuben  Dresser,  married  Rev.  Abel  Farley; 
Electa,  daughter  of  Col.  Nehemiah  May,  married  Rev.  Mr.  Kings- 
bury, missionary  to  the  Choctaws;  Hannah,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
Putney,  (ist,)  married  John  Smith  of  the  Choctaw  mission;  Prudence 
May  married  Rev.  Isaac  Babbitt;  Electa,  daughter  of  Jared  Hawks, 
niece  of  Electa  May,  married  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Bonrdman;  Theodocia 
Stone  married  Rev.  Rufus  Cushman;  Ruby  Kellogg,  daughter  of 
Stephen,  married  Rtv.  Preston  Taylor;  Sophia  B.,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Reuben  Dresser,  married  Rev.  Samuel  Whalley;  Ellen  E.,  daughter 
of  J.  M.  Smith,  married  Rev.  Robert  C.  Alison;  Mary  Leora,  daughter 
of  J.  M.  Smith,  married  Rev.  J.  C.  Houghton;  Clarinda  B.,  daughter 
of  Hinckley  Williams,  married  Rev.  Lucius  M.  Eoltwood;  Martha 
Baker,  adopted  daughter  of  Daniel  Williams,  married  Rev.  William 
Carruthers. 

Another  daughter  of  the  church,  Mrs.  Deborah  (Smith)  Williams, 
is  worthy  of  remembrance.  In  February,  1856,  the  CongregaUonalist 
published  a  communication  containing  the  following  extracts: 

Messrs.  Editors: — "In  your  paper  of  Nov.  3c,  is  n  communication  from  Rev.  J. 
H.  Rood  of  Goshen,  Mass.,  volunteering  from  one  of  his  lady  parishioners  an  offer- 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^.  63 

ing  of  $500,  as  the  nucleus  of  a  fund  to  be  applied  to  the  building  of  churches  in 
Kansas,  and  if  deemed  expedient,  Orthodox  churches  throughout  the  West,  paya- 
ble whenever  a  plan  should  be  adopted  for  carrying  the  designs  of  the  donor  into 
effect.  *  *  *  The  Congregational  Union  of  New  York,  acting  under  a  pro- 
vision of  its  constitution  authorizing  to  aid  in  church  building,  have  taken  the  mat- 
ter under  consideration  and  have  decided  to  carry  out  the  suggestion  of  Rev.  Mr- 
Rood's  communication  by  rendering  immediate  and  ])ermanent  aid  towards  building 
churches  in  Kansas.  An  agent  has  been  sought  to  carry  their  measures  into  effect, 
and  we  trur,t  an  appeal  will  soon  be  made  to  the  churches  for  further  means  to  sus- 
tain the  work." 

The  work  was  immediately  commenced,  the  churches  responded 
nobly  to  the  appeal,  and  the  result  has  been  most  gratifying:-  More 
than  on(--third  of  the  Congregational  church  editices  in  our  country 
have  been  aided  in  their  erection  by  this  society. 

[Note.  Tlie  records  of  the  churcli  in  former  years  were  kept  by  the  pastors;  more  re- 
cently by  one  of  the  deacons.  Benjamin  White  was  clerk  1853  to  1855;  T.  L.  Barrus  1861-65 
and  fi'om  1867  to  the  present  time.] 

The  Congregational  Society. 

In  1828,  the  Congregational  society  severed  its  connection  with 
the  town  and  became  a  separate  organization.  Benjamin  White,  Esq.? 
was  its  first  clerk.  Benjamin  White,  Asahel  Billings  and  William 
Abell  were  its  first  board  of  assessors;  Reuben  Dresser  was  collector 
and  treasurer.  Benjamin  White  served  many  years  as  clerk.  Hiram 
Barrus  was  clerk  from  1850  to  i860.  Daniel  Williams  was  collector 
and  treasurer  from  1850  for  several  years.  Col.  Luther  Stone,  Capt. 
Horace  Packard,  Elijah  Billings,  Freeman  Sears,  George  Abell,  Ezra 
Carpenter  often  did  service  as  assessors.  Alvan  Barrus,  Hiram 
Packard  and  T.  L.  Barrus  were  assessors  in  the  years  1874-5-6-7, 
and  Maj.  Joseph  Hawks,  collector  and  treasurer;  Charles  Barrus, 
clerk,  1874-5-6.  Officers  for  1878:— T.  L.  Barrus,  John  H.  Godfrey, 
E,  C.  Packard,  assessors;  J.  Hawks,  colleetor  and  treasurer;  E.  C. 
Packard,  cleric.  1879— T.  L-  Barrus,  J.  H.  Godfrey,  A.  B.  Dresser, 
assessors;  T.  L.  Barrus,  eollector  and  treasurer;  E.  C.  Packard, 
cleric.  1880— George  Dresser,  A.  B.  Dresser,  T.  L.  Barrus,  assessors; 
Lorin  Barrus,  collector  and  treasurer;  E.  C.  Packard,  clerk. 

The  society  has  the  annual  income  from  a  fund  of  five  thousand 
dollars,  which  is  to  be  appropriated  to  the  support  of  "a  minister  of 
the  Congregational  Trinitarian  Order.''  This  fund  was  the  donation 
also  of   Mrs.    Deborah  (Smith)  Williams,  a  native  of  the  town.     The 


64  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

fund  has  been  for  many  years  in  the  hands  of  a  trustee,  Harvey  Kirk- 
hind,  Esq.,  of  Northampton,  who  was  appointed  by  Mrs.  WilHams. 
The  society  in  185 1,  purchased  the  former  homestead  of  Dea.  Jona- 
than Lyman  near  the  church  and  built  the  present  house  for  a  par- 
sonage. The  income  of  the  fund  and  the  productions  of  the  parson- 
age land  are  important  aids  to  the  small  but  earnest  society  in  the 
support  of  the  ministry. 

"The  service  of  song"  was  formerly  sustained  by  the  town,  which 
often  raised  money  to  hire  a  singing  master.  In  1786,  Ebenezer 
White,  and  in  1789,  Josiah  White,  were  chosen  to  lead  the  choir.  In 
1793,  Joshua  Abell,  Jr.,  Alpheus  Naramore  and  James  Orcutt,  were 
invited  by  the  church  to  act  as  quiristers.  Calvin  CushmaH,of  a  fam- 
ily noted  for  musical  talent,  Asahel  Billings,  Frederick  P.  Stone,  Maj* 
Joseph  HawHs  and  Elijah  Billings  successively  served  as  choristers. 
Maj.  Hawks  is  still  at  his  post,  having  been  connected  with  the  choir 
for  56  years.  C.  C.  Dresser  rendered  valuable  aid  to  the  choir  as 
violinist  and  organist  for  nearly  thirty  years.  J.  Milton  Smith  was 
long  an  efficient  member  of  the  choir  and  also  chorister,  x-lmong  the 
teachers  from  abroad  were,  first,  James  Richards  of  Plainfield;  then 
Capt.  Anderson  of  Chesterfield,  about  1800;  Capt.  Frary  ®f  W' hately, 
1809-10;  Asahel  Birge  of  Southampton,  Nehemiah  White — "Master 
White" — of  Williamsburgh;  Geo.  W.  Lucas,  1832,  1842,  1852;  Col. 
Asa  Barr,  1837-8;  Jacob  Jenkins,  1855-6,  1861-2.  The  singing 
schools  terminated  with  a  concert  and  address,  a  gala  day  for  the 
young  people  for  miles  away.  Li  1842  the  choirs  of  Chesterfield  and 
Norwich  united  with  Goshen  in  giving  the  concert,  and  Lowell  Ma- 
son gave-the  address.  In  1852,  W^endell  Phillips  was  present  with 
the  same  choirs  and  gave  an  eloquent  lecture  on  music. 

No  better  conclusion  can  be  given  to  this  chapter  than  is  found  in 
the  eloquent  thoughts  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Horace  Bushnell.  In  one  of 
his  sermons  he  speaks  of  the  church  below,  as  Society  Organizing; 
of  Heaven,  as  the  Upper  World  Church,  or  Society  Organized, 
both  one,  as  regards  their  final  end  or  object,  and  the  properties  and 
principles  in  which  they  are  consummated.  The  church  below,  is  call- 
ed a  family — "of  whom  the  whole  family  in  heaven  and  earth  is 
named,"  just  as  we  sing  in  our  sublimest  of  all  hymns: 

One  family,  we  dwell  in  Him; 

One  church  above,  beneath, 
Though  now  divided  by  the  stream, 

The  narrow  stream  of  death. 


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HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  6d 

One  army  of  the  living  God, 

To  his  command  we  bow; 
Part  of  the  host  have  crossed  the  flood 

And  part  are  crossing  now.. 

The  church  below,  in  its  best  sense,  is  what  is  called  "the  Commu- 
nion of  Saints,'-' — not  Calvanistic,  not  VVesleyan,  not  Presbyterian — 
it  includes  all  who  are  here  in  training  for  tlie  society  ''of  just  men 
made  perfect,"  church  brotherhood  is  a  continual  diil!  in  and  for  so- 
cietv.  In  this  we  are  schooled,  in  fact,  into  the  very  law  of  God,  for 
the  whole  of  our  fraternity  is  tinged  with  badness,  troubled  by  disor- 
der, damaged  by  sore  faults,  hurt  by  offences.  Envy  looks  up  with 
bitterness,  pride  looks  down  with  contempt,  jealousy  looks  everyway, 
snuffing  the  scent  of  wrongs  that  are  only  to  be.  Some  are  covetous, 
some  are  mean,  some  are  passionate,  some  are  sensual,  some  are 
strong  only  in  hate,  some  are  weak  only  in  principle.  But  we  come 
back  shortly  to  the  love  of  God,  and  take  a  new  lesson;  where  it  is 
opened  to  us  that  tve  ourselves  are  in  this  divine  society  just  liecause 
it  is  God's  hospital,  where  he  is  nursing  and  watching  his  poor, 
morally  broken  children,  loving  them,  never  at  all  for  what  they  are, 
but  only  for  what  he  can  make  them.  And  so  we  learn  to  love  with 
patience,  and  to  bear  even  as  God  does,  loving  what  we  do  not  like, 
and  cannot  approve,  and  can  only  hope  to  benefit. 

There  is  no  other  cause,  or  institution,  now  on  foot  in  this  world, 
at  all  comparable  for  benefit  and  dignity  with  the  church  of  God.  It 
has  outlived  the  great  empires.  It  has  leavened  all  human  society 
with  elements  of  progress,  by  which  education,  laws,  liberties, 
sciences,  inventions,  constitutions,  have  been  coming  all  this  while 
into  flower.  It  would  take  whole  hours  just  to  give  the  shining  roll 
of  names  that,  in  worth,  and  genius,  and  true  sainthood,  have  been 
marching  out  into  their  great  history  for  these  almost  1900  y'ears. 
In  some  sense  it  has  been  an  awful  history.  The  woes  are  sharp, 
the  fires  are  hot,  the  prisons  burst  with  wail  ;  women  martyrs,  child 
tnariyrs,  the  general  bleeding  host  of  persecuted  merit,  move  on  as 
it  were  in  procession  to  die.  But  from  age  to  age  it  has  been  a  rock, 
as  the  Saviour  promised,  to  the  wrath  surging  heavily  against  it.  It 
stands  firm  as  no  political  state  or  kingdom  could  have  stood,  even 
for  a  generation.  The  church  is  everlasting,  the  only  structure, 
society,  or  state  that  is.  Against  all  else  runs  the  statute  of  limita- 
tions.    Getting  wealth,  we   get   no   charter   for  breathing.     Getting 


66  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

fame,  we  shall  not  be  on  hand  to  hear  the  ring  of  it.  Going  into  the 
healing  of  bodies,  we  can  only  patch  them  up  for  an'  hour.  Going 
into  the  law,  we  give  ourselves  to  that  which  was  made  last  year  to 
be  unmade  next.  Public  honors  vanish  and  states  are  only  for  a 
time.  Not  so  the  church  of  God,  the  great,  everlasting,  all  world's 
society,  that  remains,  and  if  we  put  much  cost  and  sacrifice  into  it, 
all  the  belter.     God  help  us  all  to  have  our  future  in  it. 

[Note. — The  church  observed  tlie  centennial  anniversary  of  its  organization,  Decem- 
ber 21, 1880.  The  pastor,  Rev.  J.  E.  M.  Wright,  px-esided  during  the  forenoon.  The  church 
was  well  filled  with  citizens  of  the  town,  and  sevei'al  pastors  and  delegations  were  present 
from  Ashlield,  Plainfield,  Cummington,  Chesterfield,  Conway,  Willianisburgh,  Haydenvide 
and  Easthampton.  The  address  on  the  occasion,  delivered  by  the  author,  was  substantially 
that  which  is  eml)odied  in  the  preceding  chapter.  The  afternoon  services,  conducted  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Marsh  of  Haydenville,  were  opened  by  reading  of  the  scriptures,  prayer  and 
singing.  Addresses,  mainly  of  historical  interest,  were  made  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Seymour  of 
Hawley,  Hopley  of  Worthington,  Blake  and  Baldwin  of  Cummington,  and  others.] 

The  Baptist  Church  and  Society. 

Every  tax-payer  was  formerly  obliged  lo  contribute  to  the  support 
of  some  religious  society.  The  oldest  society  in  town  had  a  legal 
right  to  claim  this  support  for  their  own  exclusive  benefit,  unless  a 
person  could  show  that  he  was  a,  membev  of  some  other  religious 
society.  People  of  course  have  a  choice  of  objects  to  which  they 
contribute,  or  if  not  of  objects,  may  have  a  choice  between  paying  a 
compulsory  and  a  voluntary  tax.  These  feelings  became  an  ele- 
ment of  weakness  to  the  older  societies  and  of  strength  to  the  newer, 
as  illustrated  in  the  early  formation  of  the  Baptist  society.  'I'he 
records  of  the  town  furnish  the  following  names  of  those  who  early 
became  its  supporters. 

"  To  the  Town  Clerk  of  Goshen.     Sir  :  The  following  is  a  list  of   those  that  have- 
joined  the  Baptist  Society  in  Goshen  : 

Ebenezer  White,  Versal  Abell, 

Josiah  White,  Alex'r  Miller's  Estate, 

Jesse  Willcutt,  John  Williams, 

Joshua  Packard,  John  Williams,  Jr., 

Joshua  Packard,  Jr.,  Abner  Uamon, 

Caleb  Bryant,  James  Orr, 

Ansel  Amadon,  Levi  Vinton, 

Robert  Webster,  Samuel  Luce, 

Gershom  Bates,  Samuel   Snow, 

Enoch  Wilcut.t,  Nathaniel  Bates, 


HISTORY    OF    GOSIIEX.  67 

Cyrus  Stearns,  Gurdon  Williams, 

Ezra  Stearns,  Sanford  Boies, 

Pliinehas  Manning,  Zebulon  Willcult. 

Nathaniel  Abell, 

John  Williams,  Clerk. 
December  24,  1814. 

The  Baptist  church  was  formed  not  later  than  1809,  but  its  early 
records  were  not  preserved.  Elder  Winans  was  the  pastor  at  that 
time,  but  Elder  Todd  of  Chesterfield  and  Keyes  of  Conway  often 
held  meetings  and  preached  here  before  1800.  Rev.  William  Hub- 
bard was  pastor  from  1813  to  1819.  Elder  David  Woodbury  ihen 
came  and  remained  till  1823.  Rev.  Orra  Martin  then  preached  half 
the  lime  till  1829.  Elder  Hubbard  returned  in  183 1  and  preached 
till  1837.  Elder  Isaac  Child,  the  last  regular  pastor,  was  here  for  a 
few  years  previous  to  his  death,  December  24,  1842.  Occasional 
services  were  subsequently  held,  the  last  being  the  funeral  of  Mrs. 
Mercy  Williams,  who  died  June  29,  I855.  ^'^^  ^^'^s  the  widow  of 
John  Williams,  Esq.,  one  of  the  founders  and  main  pillars  of  the 
church.  The  liouse,  having  been  removed  and  used  as  a  barn, 
was  burnt  July  4,  1874 — a  singular  coincidence,  its  frame  having^ 
been  raised  July  4,  1822. 

Hie  First  Calvlnistlc  Society. 

This  society  probably  grew  out  of  the  troubles  arising  from  the 
dismission  of  Rev.  Mr.  Whitman  in  1818.  Certificates  in  the  town 
records  in  1828  show  that  Benjamin  Tiiton,  Stephen  W.  Tilton, 
Stephen  Hosford,  John  Fuller  and  Hollon  Hubbard  "  are  members 
of  said  First  Calvinistic  Society  in  Goshen."  It  had  a  quiet  life,  an 
early  death,  and  th'i  above  record  is  perhaps  the  only  proof  of  its 
existence. 

The  Second  Advent  Church 

Was  formed  in  1858,  its  members  in  part  belonging  to  Chesterfield 
and  Cummington.  Jared  Damon,  Joseph  Crosby  were  chosen  dea- 
cons ;  Abner  Damon  and  Andrew  Baker,  elders.  They  built  a 
chapel  some  years  since,  and  have  usually  maintained  regular  ser- 
vices. The  present  elders  are  Marlon  Damon  and  Alcander  Hawks  ; 
the  deacons,  S.  J.  Gould,  Rodney  Hawks  and  Andrew  Willcutt  , 
deaconess.  Mrs.  Alonzo  Shaw. 


68  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 


CHAPTEPv  VI. 

Tlie  earliest  scliools  in  the  ''Gore"  and  in  *'Quabbin"  were  kept  in 
private  houses.  Capt.  Thomas  Weeks  taught  school  in  the  house  of 
John  Williams,  but  names  of  other  teachers  at  that  date  are  unknown. 
The  first  school  house  in  town  was  erected  just  west  of  the  bridge, 
iu  the  North  West  district,  near  the  former  residence  of  Col.  L.  Stone. 
Tiie  first  teacher  in  it  was  James  Richards  of  Plainfield.  Another 
school  house  was  built  near  the  meeting  house,  and  a  third  near  the 
house  of  Ebenezer  Putney. 

The  division  of  the  town  into  four  school  districts,  as  made  by  the 
committee  named  on  page  i8,  is  indicated  below  by  numbering  each 
person  named  by  the  committee,  and  printing  his  name  in  italics.  In 
order  to  identify  their  places  of  residence,  the  successors  of  each  of 
the  persons,  as  far  as  known,  are  also  given.  The  names  of  the 
earlier  residents  are  given  as  recollected  by  Maj.  Ambrose  Stone. 

District  Xo.  1. 

1.  Nathaniel  Jcivdl. — His  house  stood  on  the  high  land  south  of 
No.  2,  wear  Chesterfield  line. 

2.  Samuel  Olds. — Abner  Damon,  Jared  Damon,  Marlon  Damon, 
Lorenzo  Willcutt. 

3.  Jolin  Hatch. — Joseph  Naiamore,  Calvin  Loomis,  Almon  B. 
Loomis,  Alcander  Hawks. 

4.  I)eJ)orah  Xarainore. — House  stood  east  of  last,  on  Stone's 
''Hill  lot." 

5.  James  Paclard. — House  stood  in  Maj.  Stone's  "Old  Mowing." 

6.  Isaac  Kingman. — House  stood  on  the  site  of  Stone's  barn. 

7.  Ezeliiel  Thomas. — House  stood  east  of  No.  8. 

8.  Wait  Burl'. — Joseph  Jepson,  Alonzo  Shaw. 

9.  Samuel  Sncll. — Jona.  Shaw,  Joseph  Brown,  Isaac  Kingman, 
Reuben  Kingman,  J.  Bush. 

10.  Joshua  Packard. — Joshua  Packard,  Jr.,  Levi  Barrus,  1838; 
Hiram  Barrus,  1845;  L.  Barrus  estate. 

11.  James  Orr. — First  house  stood  west  of  Mt.  Rood.     Eli  Part- 


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ridge,  Thos.  \V.  Stearns, Albio,  Isaac  Alvord,  B.  Bissell,  Daniel 

Burt,  L.  Barrus  estate. 

[Note: — The  farm  between  numbers  eleven  and  twelve  was  prob- 
ably first  occupied  in  1784  or  5  by  Elijah  Weeks,  who  began  here. 
His  father,  Capt.  Thomas  Weeks,  probably  came  soon  after.  Elijah 
sold  in  1789  to  his  brother-in-law,  Cyrus  Stearns.  The  large  ehns 
near  the  house  were  set  out  about  tiiat  time  by  Capt.  Weeks  and  C. 
Stearns.  Stearns  in  1823,  deeded  the  farm  to  Levi  Barrus  and  Thos. 
W.  Stearns;  Thos.  W.  to  L.  Barrus  in  18,27.  Cyrus  and  Thomas 
Stearns  sold  in  1832  to  Cyrel  Jepson;  Jepson  1833  to  D.  Hall;  Hall 
1841  to  A.  &  S.  Kingman,  who  sold  to  Levi  Ban  us  in  1843.  ^^  re- 
mained in  his  possession  till  his  decease  in  1877.  It  has  been  the 
residence  of  his  son  Alvan  since  his  return  from  the  army  in  1864. 
The  present  house  was  built  in  1812.] 

12.  John  Jepson. — Cyrel  Jepson,  Forrace  Jepson,  Dryden  Dawes, 
Lorin  Barrus,  William  Bartlett. 

13.  Moses  El  well. — Samuel  Thomas  made  here  the  first  opening 
in  this  neighborhood.""  Daniel  Kellogg,  Daniel  Hubbard,  Leonard 
Jenkins,  Levi  Barrus,  B.  Morton,  Bennett  Allen,  L.  Barrus  estate. 

14.  Ambrose  Stone. — Capt  Bigelow  began  here  and  sold  to 

Thwing,  of  whom  Maj.  Stone  bought.  House  built  1796.  Frederick 
P.  Stone  resided  here  till  his  decease,  1840.  Ambrose  Jr.  from  1844 
lo  1847;  Col.  Luther  Stone  1847  ^^  ^^755  "^^^'  ^'^*'  residence  of  Amos 
H.  and  Edward  G.,  son  and  grandson  of  Col.  Luther,  having  been  in 
the  possession  of  the  Stone  family  loi  years. 

[NOTK.    Col.  stone's  Red  House  was  built  in  181(5;  sold  to  Hiram  Barrus  1854;  to  Clias 
Barrus  18(«;  subsequently  owned  by  Dea.  T.  L.  Barrus;  .Jas.  L.  Barrus;  Willie  Barrus.] 

15.  Justin  Parsons. — Silas  Parsons,  Capt.  Lewis  Jones,  Sol.  Par- 
sons, Col.  Stone,  "Jones  Place"  of  H.  and  A.  Barrus. 

16.  Caleb  Cushmem.— David  Carpenter,  David  Williams,  Dexter 
Beals,  Capt.  F.  Rice,  W^m.  Packard,  T.  L.  Barrus. 

17.  Barzillal  Banister. — Joseph  Maynard,  Willard  Packard,  Wil- 
lard  Jr.,  Hiram  Packard,  Joseph  Beals. 

18.  Silvenus lAjon. — Solomon  Parsons,  Theodore  and  Willard 
Parsons,  Levi  and  B.  F.  Parsons,  T.  L.  Barrus. 

19.  Nathan  Bigeloiv. — Lived  with  No.  18. 

20.  Thos.  Hamilton. Halbert,  Nathan  Fuller,  Nathan  Jr., 

John  Fuller,  Joshua   Simmons,  D.  Carpenter,  F.  Naraniore.     D.   Car. 
penter   built   new  house    1843,  "ow    residerxe  of  his   son-in-law,  H. 

.  Packard. 


70  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Hiram  Packard  built  the  house  next  above  this  about  ten  years 
later;  sold  it  to  his  brother  William  S.;  now  owned  by  Edward  C, 
son  of  Hiram. 

District  No.  2. 

2  1.  Johit  James. — Bought  of  Benjamin  Truesdale,  Malachi  James, 
George  Mayor. 

2  2.  Oliver  Taylor. — Joseph  Putne}^,  W.  H.  Webster,  Charles 
Mary,  Philip  Keen. 

23.  Lemuel  Banister. — Lived  a  little  westerly  of  No.  22. 

24.  Eheneser  Amadoivn. — Lived  a  little  southerly  of  No.  22. 

25.  Joel  Gustin. — Capt.  Robert  Webster,  Robert  Jr.,  Hiram  Bates. 

26.  Barnabas  Potter. — Lived  westerly  of  Webster's. 

27.  David  Stearns. — John  Stearns,  Daniel  Beals,  David  Beals. 

28.  Cyr el  Leach.— 'Enoch  Willcutt,  Philip  Willcutt,  John  K.  Ful- 
ler.    Gershom  Bates'  farm  was  part  of  No.  28. 

29.  Jesse  Woolcott. — House  stood  west  of  the  Eleazer  Hawks 
farm. 

30.  William  Banister. ^E^ist  of  Gloyd  farm. 

31.  Benjamin  Bourn. Gloyd,  Jacob  and  Zenas  Gloyd,  Rod- 
ney Hawks. 

32.  Christopher  Banister. — Moses  James,  Eleazer  Hawks,  Amos 
Hawks. 

33.  Samuel  Grimes. — Silvenus    Stone,  Washburn,    Jones, 

Webster,    "Jim  Place." 

34.  Isaac  Toiver. — In  lot  near  north  end  of  "Lily  Pond." 

35.  Cyrus  Lyon. — Ezra  Carpenter,  Gurdon  Williams,  Capt.  N. 
Tower,  Warren  Ball. 

36.  Thomas  WceJcs. — House  east  of  Lyon,  on  the  hill.  Thaddeus 
Naramore.     Weeks  began  there. 

School  District  No.  3. 

37.  John  Smith. — John  Smith,  Jr.,  Am.  Board  Com.  For.  Miss., 
John  Williams,  2d,  Willard  Packard,  Maj.  Joseph  Hawks,  Hiram 
Packard,  William  S.  Packard,  Edward  C  Packard. 

38.  Ehenezer  Parsons. — Jared  Hawks,  Joseph  Hawks,  T.  W. 
Pomeroy,  J.  K.  Mollison. 

39.  John  Williams. — Hinckley  Williams.  Has  been  in  posses- 
sion of  father  and  son  since  1778. 


HISTORY    or    GOSHEX.  71 

40.  Lemuel  Lyon. — Silvenus  Stone,  Geo.  Salmon,  Elias  White, 
Joseph  Hawks.    (House  removed). 

41.  Nehemiali  May. — Ezra  May  began  there.  Jared  Hawks, 
Marcus  Lindsley,  Forrace  Jepson,  Josiah  Miller,  S.  J.  Gould,  Marlon 
Damon. 

42.  Benjamin  Burgess. — John  C.  Lyman,  Z.  Richmond,  Ezra 
Brackett,  H.  T.  Godfrey,  George  Kellogg. 

43.  Timothy  Lyman. — Francis  Lyman,  Lieut.  Timothy  P.  Lyman, 
iarm  divided;  new  house  built  by  Thomas  Lyman;  F.  W.  Lyman,  N. 
Hayden,  Hiram  Barrus,  Ralph  E.  Smith. 

44.  Dea.  Artemas  Stone. — Elisha  Putney  began  here.  House 
stood  west  of  present  one.  Justin  Parsons,  Reuben  Smith,  A.  G.  Si- 
dell,  F.  Willis  Sears. 

45.  Wicloiv  Hulbert. — Capt.  Wni.  Lyon  began  here.  Enoch  Beals, 
Col.  Timothy  Lyman,  V.  Pierce.    Various  residents — new  house  built 

^by  N.  Russ — Oren  Russ. 

46.  Reuben  Lummis. — East  of  No.  45,  toward  More's  Hill.  House 
gone — street  closed. 

47.  Jedediali  Buckingham . — Same  as  last. 

48.  Stephen  Grover. — Same  as  last. 

49.  Thomas  Brown. — Thomas  Brown,  2d,  Leonard  Smith,  West 
Tillton,  Henry  H.  Tillton,  Henry  T.  Godfrey. 

50.  Baniel  Broivn. — Gershom  Cathcart,  Zimri  Newell,  E.  A.  Car- 
ipeiUer,  Champion  Brown.     House  gone. 

51.  Dexter  21ay. — House  stood  south  of  No.  50. 

52.  Eclivard  Orcutt. — House  stood  east  of  Reservoir.  Dr.  Isaac 
[Robinson  preceded  Orcutt,  and  perhaps  began  there. 

53.  Farnum  White. — William  Tillton,  Spencer  Tillton. 

54.  Christopher  Grant. — Easterly  about  100  rods,  (off  the   road.) 
-55.     Asa  Grant. — Capt.  John  Grant,  Elijah  Bard  well,  S.  Porter. 

56.  Adam  Beat,  Jr. — Freeman  May  hew,  Asa  Partridge,  Rolon 
Rogers,  Robert  Rogers,  Joseph  Rogers. 

57.  Wittiam  Hallocl'. — Stephen  Hosford,  Wilds.     House 

long  since  gone. 

58.  Adam  Beal—Sol  Butler,  Capt.  Elijah  Bardwell,  Selah  Bard- 
well,  Frebun  W.  Packard. 

59.  Wm.  Meader. — Samuel  Luce,  Sears  Luce.     House  gone. 

60.  Benjamin  Ahell. — Silas  Burgess.  House  burnt  about  40 
^fearsago. 


72  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX 

School  Districi,  Xo.  4. 

6i.     Joshua  Abel/. Pool,  Capt.   VVm.    Abel],    S.  Brayrnan,. 

Elijah   Billiiif^^s,  Chauncy  Guilford. 

62.  WlUid.ii  White. — Joseph  and  Benjaiuin  White,  Henry  White,. 

Green,  Marshall  Dadmun.     This  was   the   home   of   the    WHiite 

family  for  about  115   years. 

63.  Ebenrzcr  Putney. — Joseph  Putney,  C.  C.   Diesser,   who  built 
present  house  in  1842,  J.  C.  Richardson,  C.  Damon. 

64.  Jteuheji   Dresser. — Moses    Dresser,     Levi     Dresser,    George 
Dresser,  who  built  present  house,  1846. 

65.  Uichurd  Toiver. — BeJow  the  Dr.  Pierce  farm  near  the  brook.. 

66.  Thomas  Toiver. — Owned  no  real  estate  here. 

67.  Moses  Dresser. Ely, Owen,  Simeon  Cowls,  Amasa 

Cowles,  Henry  Hayden,  William  and  Ralph  Packard. 

68  John  King. — Nathaniel  Phelps,  Abner  Phelps.     House  gone. 

69.  Daniel  Wynian.-r-Uived  on  road  from  63   towards  Williams- 
burgh.  House  gone. 

70.  Nathaniel  Vinton. — House  gone. 


71.  James  IaiII. — House  gone. 

72.  Josej)h  Blahe. — House  gone — stood  near  Williamsburgh. 

73.  ■Ehcyi'r  Pain. — Same  vicinity. 

74.  Ezeldel  White. — Josiah  VVhite,  Asa  White. 

75.  Widoiv  White. — About  70  rods  south  of  last. 

76.  Noah  White. — Owned  no  real  estate  here. 

The  schoolroom  of  former  years  but  very  faintly  foreshadowed  that 
of  the  present.  In  dimensions  seldom  exceeding  sixteen  or  eighteen 
feet  square,  it  was  often  packed  with  children  of  all  ages  from  four 
to  twenty-one  years,  to  its  utmost  capacity.  FJghty  or  a  hundred 
scholars  were  not  an  unusual  number  in  some  districts.  When  the 
seats  were  insufficient  to  accommodate  all,  other  seats  were  extem- 
porized of  logs  of  wood  or  whatever  else  was  most  convenient,  till 
the  floor  and  every  available  spot  in  the  room  was  occupied.  In  the 
cold  season  a  roaring  wood  fire  in  one  corner  of  the  room  sweltered 
the  pupils  located  near,  with  more  than  tropical  heat,  while  those 
remote  suffered  with  cold.  The  teacher,  unable  to  pass  around  tl>e 
school  room  among  the  dense  mass  of  pupils,  says  one  who  knew, 
"used  to  keep  a  birch  switch,  ten  or  twelve  feet  long,  standing  within 


HISTOKY    or    GOSHEX.  io 

reacii,  which  often  came  clown  upon  the  heads  of  distant  transgres- 
sors in  a  style  more  effective  than  merciful."  The  ferule,  a  piece  of 
heavy  wood  about  the  size  and  siiape  of  the  hand,  was  the  chief  in- 
strument of  punishment.  Some  teachers,  with  an  eye  to  convenience 
kept  a  pointed  thumb  nail  always  sharp  and  in  good  order,  for  pinch- 
ing the  ears  of  the  smaller  offenders,  who  soon  came  to  regard  the 
instrument  of  torture  as  the  martyrs  did  the  rack. 

Arithmetic,  reading  and  writing  were  taugiit  to  the  exclusion  of 
almost  everything  else.  A  few  of  the  more  advanced  young  men 
studied  surveying.  Grammar  was  so  rare  a  study  that  some  of 
the  best  teachers,  not  considering  it  of  sufficient  consequence,  never 
learned  it  themselves.  So  recent  as  1815,  a  young  man  qualifying 
himself  for  reaching,  in  order  to  be  a  little  in  advance  of  the  usual 
standard  for  the  profession,  studied  grammar  with  Rev.  Mr.  Whit- 
man for  tw^o  weeks,  which  was  considered  quite  sufficient  for  his  pur- 
pose. Female  education  was  still  more  limited.  Reading  was  the 
highest  accomplishment  bestowed  upon  the  girls.  Some  of  the  more 
gifted  were  allowed  to  look  into  the  mysteries  of  arithmetic.  When 
thev  had  passed  over  the  fundamental  rules — addition  to  division — 
they  had  reached  the  limit  of  their  literary  ambition.  Sewing  was 
for  many  years  taught  in  the  schools,  both  as  an  art  and  as  an  accom- 
plishment. Many  a  motlier  and  grandmother  keeps  to  this  day,  ;ind 
shows  with  pride  to  their  little  namesakes,  the  neat  '' sampler  "  of 
canvas  diversified  with  alphabets  of  red  green  and  blue  silk,  a  few 
mottoes,  a  text  of  scripture,  a  few  lines  of  poetry,  the  date,  and  their 
own  name,  wrought  out  with  a  needle,  under  tlie  instruction  of  a  long 
time  ago  teacher  of  the  district  school. 

The  school  books  of  the  old  time  fell  far  short  of  the  present,  in 
number,  and  possibly  in  merit.  We  are  lold  of  the  "Psalter"'  and  a 
Dillingworlh's  spelling-book,  that  served  sevdrnl  genti-rations  of  our 
ancestors  and  came  down  to  the  memory  of  our  grandf  iiher^.  Fol- 
low'ing  at  a  long  distance  after  came  ''Scott's  Lessons,''  and  "Web- 
ster's Third  Part."  These  were  follow^ed  in  tuin  by  the  "Columbian 
Orator,"  "The  Common  Reader,"  and  "JMiglish  Reader."  "Pier- 
pont's  Reader"  and  the  "Rhetorical  Reader"  begin  the  new^  era, 
when  of  the  making  of  school  books  there  is  no  end.  Webster's 
spelling  books  were  of  ancient  date,  as  well  as  modern. 

Arithmetics  by  various  authors  were  used.  There  were  Hill's, 
Root's,  Pike's,  Daboll's  and  Adams,  the   latter  having  run    parallel 


74  HISTORY    or    GOSHEN. 

with  Webster's  spelling  book,  for  nearly  sixty  years.  Hill's  arithme- 
tic contained  some  rare  things.  It  defined  arithmetic  "as  an  art  or 
science  that  teacheth  us  the  dextrous  handling  of  numbers."  Among 
its  questions  for  solution  was  this,  "How  many  feet  and  tails  have  30 
thrave  of  dogs,  when  24  dogs  make  one  thrave  ?  "  It  also  gave  a 
table  of  Latin  words,  "showing  any  person,  though  he  knows  not  a 
word  of  Latin,  how  to  make  thousands  of  Hexameter  and  Pentame- 
ter verses  in  good  latin  and  in  two  hours'  time;  all  in  perfect  sense." 
Had  the  author  done  as  much  for  English  poetry,  ensuring  "perfect 
sense,"  he  would  have  won  lasting  gratitude,  if  not  fame. 

Slates  were  unknown  in  the  schoolroom  of  former  days.  Paper 
was  used  instead,  and  was  frequently  preserved  in  book  form,  the 
arithmetical  examples  being  written  out  in  the  full,  round  style  of  the 
times,  which  is  not  often  equalled  in  the  present.  "xMaynard  and 
Noyes"  had  not  then  begun  to  send  out  their  ink-bottles  to  the  ends 
of  the  earth,  and  the  school-boy  made  his  own  ink  by  extracting  the 
color  from  the  bark  of  the  maple  and  "setting"  it  with  copperas. 
His  pens,  till  the  advent  of  steel  pens,  about  1840,  were  plucked 
from  the  geese  that  in  former  days  pertained  to  every  farm-yard.  His 
inkstand  was  generally  of  "pewter"  cast  in  the  proper  form  by  him- 
self or  older  brother,  or  sometimes  wrought  by  patient  labor  out  of 
soapstone. 

Private  schools,  generally  termed  "Select  Schools,"  have  been 
occasionally  taught  by  college  students  or  graduates  from  abroad, 
and  by  others.  One  was  taught  by  a  Mr.  Bradford  in  1824;  E.W. 
B.  Canning,  the  poet,  and  for  several  years  Deputy-Collector  of  Bos- 
ton Custom  House,  in  1830;  Alfred  Longley  (since  Rev.),  1832; 
Frederick  Vinton,  1836  ;  J.  H.  Partridge,  1837  ;  L.  F.  Clark  (since 
Rev.  of  Whitinsville)  1839-41;  W.  H.  Sheldon,  1840  ;  R.  C.  Alison, 
(now  Rev.),  1848;  Hiram  Barrus,  1852  and  1858  ;  Miss  Myra  Hol- 
man,  1862. 

Among  the  more  noted  teachers  of  the  district  schools  in  the  olden 
time  were  John  Grant,  Thankful  Orcutt,  Mercy  Burgess,  Hannah 
Williams,  Rufus  and  Calvin  Cushman,  Ambrose  Stone,  Jr.,  Lucinda 
Parsons ;  and  later,  F.  W.  Lyman,  L.  L.  Pierce,  Geo,  M.  Burgess, 
Joseph  S.  Burgess,  Geo.  Dresser,  Hiram  Barrus,  Theron  L.  Barrus, 
Misses  Eliza  Webster,  Augusta  Stone,  Hannah  and  Lucy  Smith, 
Julia  M.  White,  Naomi  and  Maria  Putney,  ^Mary  Parsons,  MartJia 
Pierce,  Sarah  W.  Naramore,  Rhoda  Parsons,  Ellen  E.  and  Mary  L. 


^^/  parsO^ 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  75 

Smith,  ClarindaB.  Williams,  Emma  and  Vashti  Tilton,  Carrie  Abell, 
Helen  Parsons,  Helen  Lyman,  Fannie  E.  Hawks,  Susie  P.  Hunt. 

The  law  requiring  the  election  of  school  committees  for  examining 
teachers  was  passed  in  1826,  but  the  town  had  previously  chosen 
c®mmittees  for  this  purpose.  In  1823,  Rev.  Joel  Wright,  Joseph 
White,  and  Capt.  John  Grant  were  chosen,  and  in  1825  Joseph  White, 
Emmons  Putney  and  Enoch  James.  Under  the  new  law  committees 
were  chosen,  as  follows  : 

1826.  Rev.  Joel  Wright,  Joseph  White,  Capt.  John  Grant,  Doct. 
Geo.  Wright,  David  Carpenter,  Jared  Hawks,  Jr.,  Emmons  Putney, 

1827.  Rev.  J.  Wright,  Benj.  White,  Doct.  G.  Wright,  E.  Putney, 

D.  Carpenter. 

1828.  Rev.  J.  Vv^right,  Doct.  G.    Wright,    Capt.   Grant,  B.  White, 

E.  Putney. 

1829.  Doct.  Geo.  Wright,  Capt.  John  Grant,  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Board- 
man. 

1830.  Doct.  Geo.  Wright,  Capt.  John  Grant,  E.  Putney. 

1 83 1.  Rev.  H.  B.  Holmes,  Doct.  Geo..  Wright,  Benj.  White. 

1832.  Rev.  H.  B.  Holmes,  Benj.  White,  John  Grant. 
J 833.     Rev.  Wm.  Hubbard,  Benj.  White,  E.  Putney. 

1834.  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Boardman,  Doct.  J.  W.  Rockwell,  E.  Putney. 

1835.  Doct.  Rockwell,  E.  Putney,  Barney  Prentice. 

1836.  Eben'r  W.  Town,  E.  Putney,  B.  Prentice. 
J837.  Rev.  Stephen  Mason,  B.  While,  E.  Putney. 

1838.  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson,  B.  White,  L.  L.  Pierce. 

1839.  ^^^'-  J'  C.  Thompson,  F.  W.  Lyman,  L.  L.  Pierce. 

1840.  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson,  Doct.  Dan'l  Pierce,  F.  W.  Lyman. 

1 841.  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson,  B.  White,  Alfred  Jones. 

1842.  F.  W.  Lyman,  Geo.  Dresser,  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson. 

1843.  Rev.  Royal  Reed,  Geo.  Dresser,  F.  W.  Lyman. 

1844.  Rev.  Royal  Reed,  Geo.  Dresser,  Hiram  Barrus. 

1845.  Rev.  Royal  Reed,  F.  W.  Lyman,  Geo.  Dresser. 

1846.  Doct.  D.  Pierce,  Hiram  Barrus,  Geo.  Dresser. 

1847.  Rev.  R.  Reed,  E.  Putney,  Doct.  Pierce. 

1848.  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Boardman,  H.  Barrus,  Geo.  Dresser. 

1849.  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Boardman,  Amasa  Putney,  B.  White. 

1850.  Rev.  R.  Crossett  Sanford  Gage,  Geo.  Dresser. 

1851.  Rev.  R,  Crossett,  Hiram  Barrus,  Geo.  Dresser. 


76  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEIN^. 

1852.  Rev.  R.  Crossett,  Hiram  Barrus,  George  Dresser. 

1853.  Rev.  R.  Crossett,  Hiram  Barrus,  E.  Putney. 

1854.  Rev.  T.  H.  Rood,  Hiram  Barrus,   E.  Putney. 

1855.  Rev.  T.  H.  Rood,  Hiram  Barrus,  E.  Putney. 

1856.  Rev.  T.  H.  Rood,  Hiram  Barrus,  E.  Putney. 

1857.  Rev.  T.  H.  Rood^  Tiieron  L.  Barrus,  E.  Putney. 

1858.  Bennett  Allen  for  i  year,  Theron  L.  Barrus  for  2  years,  H. 
Barrus  for  3  years. 

1859.  Rev.  T.  H.  Rood  for  3  years. 
i860.  Miss  P'annie  Hawks  for  three  years. 

1861.  George  Dresser  for  3  years.  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson,  vice  H. 
Barrus  resigned. 

1862.  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson  for  3  yrs. 

1863.  T.  L.  Barrus  for  3  years.  Rev.  Sidney  Holman    for  2  years. 

1864.  E.  Putney,  George  Dresser  for  2  years. 

1865.  Rev.  S.  Holman  for  3  years. 

1866.  George  Dresser  for  3  years. 

1867.  Rev.  H.  M.  Rogers  for  3  years,  T.  L.  Barrus  i  year. 

1868.  T.  L.  Barrus  for  3  years,  Alvan  Barrus  for  2  years. 

1869.  George  Dresser  for  3  years. 

1870.  Alvan  Barrus  for  3  years. 

187 1.  T.  L.  Barrus  for  3  years. 

1872.  Eannie  E.  Hawks- for  3  years. 

1873.  George  C.  Dresser  for  3  years. 

1874.  T.  L.  Barrus  for  3  years. 

1875.  Fannie  E.  Hawks  for  3  years. 

1876.  Edward  C.  Packard  for  3  years. 

1 87 7.  George  H.  Sears  for  3  years. 

1878.  T.  L.  Barrus  for  3  years. 

1879.  Edw.  C.  Packard  for  3  years. 

1880.  George  C.  Dresser  for  3  years. 

School   Statistics. 


1845-6.  4  schools  ;  number  of  children,  134;  length  of  schools, 
^^  months  ;  amount  raised  for  schools,  ^300  ;  value  of  contributions, 
$73  ;  wages  of  male  teachers,  $16.67  '>  female  teachers,  $10.24  ;  pop- 
ulation, 556  ;  valuation  of  the  town,  $131,867. 


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i860.  5  schools  ;  number  of  children,  10 1  ;  length  oL  schools,  32 
mon'hsj  amount  raised  for  schools,  $350;  contribuions,  $200: 
wages  of  teachers,  males,  $23  ;  females,  $16  ;  population,  439  ;  val- 
uation, $157,942. 

1870.  4  schools  ;  number  of  children  84;  length  of  school,  27 
months;  amount  raised  for  schools,  $500;  contributions,  $i88; 
wages  of  teachers,  males,  $28;  females,  $22.50;  population,  368 ; 
valuation,   $152,796.  • 

1878  4  schools;  number  of  children,  92  ;  length  of  school,  26- 
months;  raised  for  schools,  $350;  contributions,  $211;  wages  of 
teachers,  males,    $24;  females,  $22;  share  of  school   fund,  $210.14^ 


78  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

Higltivays. 

In  1755,  the  soldiers  serving  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  when 
sent  from  Boston  to  Albany,  were  transported  around  via  Long  Is- 
land Sound,  New  York  and  Hudson  River.  In  1758,  a  more  direct 
route  by  land  was  followed.  This  route  led  westward  from  North- 
ampton through  VVilliamsburgh,  Goshen,  Cummington,  etc.,  and  over 
it  passed  successive  companies  cf  troops,  so  that  it  may  properly  be 
considered  as  the  first  great  highway  across  this  portion  of  the  coun- 
try from  Boston  to  Albany.  The  soldiers  had  frequent  camp-grounds, 
where,  in  providing  themselves  with  fuel,  they  made  considerable 
openings  in  the  forest.  ■  In  Willinmsburgh  one  of  their  camps  was  on 
land  afterwards  occupied  by  Ludo  Thayer.  A  little  eminence  of  land 
near  by  was  long  known  as  the  "Coffee  Lot,"  where  the  soldiers 
made  and  drank  their  coffee.  In  Goshen,  they  passed  «)ver  the  south 
part  of  the  farm  of  the  late  Capt.  Grant,  and  left  a  log  bridge,  which 
remained  to  his  day.  Their  wext  camping  ground  was  on  the  spot 
where  Col.  L.  Stone's  "Red  House"  was  built.  The  remains  of  their 
bark  huts  were  found  here  by  Alaj.  Stone,  later  than  1780.  Joshua 
Packard  once  passed  over  the  route  with  the  troops,  and  on  this  camp- 
ground he  lost  his  pocket  knife.  After  he  became  a  resident  of  the 
place,  he  searched  for  the  knife,  and  happily  found  it. 

TJiis  "trail"  seems  to  have  been  followed  and  preserved  by  the  set- 
tlers in  after  years,  till  it  finally  became,  and  was  perhaps  dedicated 
as  one  of  the  public  highways  of  the  town.  It  had  one  element  that 
recommended  it  to  public  favor  in  those  days — it  passed  over  the 
highest  hills  that  could  be  found  on  the  route.  The  highest  available 
lands  were  then  preferred  for  farms  and  dwellings,  but  were  deemed 
especially  important  for  the  location  of  the  principal  meeting-house 
of  the  town. 

Marked  trees  indicated  the  most   approved   course  from  one  point 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  79 


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to  another  through  the  wilderness,  till  a  paih  was  worn  into  distinct- 
ness by  repeated  travel.  Walking  and  horseback  were  the  chief 
means  of  locomotion  for  many  years, — and  even  after  the  }car  iSoo, 
saddle-bags  for  small,  and  panniers  for  larger  packages,  laid  across 
the  horse's  back,  served  for  the  common  "express"  purposes  of  fam- 
ilies and  communities.  The  boy  on  horse-back  canied  tlie  grist  to 
mill;  the  man  on  horse-back  carried  upon  the  pi'.lion  behind  him  his 
wife  and  daughter  to  church;  the  females  upon  horse-back  performed 
long  equestrian  journeys,  that  would  surprise  their  posterity.  So- 
phia Banister,  who  married  a  Foster,  and  removed  to  Ohio,  perform- 
ed the  journey  of  600  miles  on  horseback.  John  Williams  had  a 
wagon  in  17S6, — probably  the  first  in  town. 

Soon  after  1800,  the  old  style  chaise,  with  'its  ample  wheels,  was 
introduced  by  some  of  the  more  enterprising  citizens.  In  1807,  Oli- 
ver Taylor,  Nehemiah  May,  Ebenezer  and  Solomon  Parsons,  were 
severally  taxed  on  pleasure  carriages,  the  only  vehicles  of  the  kind 
then  in  to.vn.  Wagons  were  not  much  used  till  after  18 10.  They 
were  made  without  springs,  or  with  rude  springs  of  wood.  T'he  first 
great  improvement  in  these  was  about  1830,  when  the  "thorough- 
brace"  was  introduced,  by  which  the  body  of  the  carriage  was  attach- 
ed by  strong  pieces  of  leather  to  the  "running  gear."  Wagons  with 
elliptic  springs,  introduced  a  new  word,  or  a  new  application  of  an  old 
word,  into  our  vocabulary,- — huggi/, — followed  in  five  or  six  years, 
after. 

The  people  themselves  were  the  first  mail-carriers  here.  A  few  of 
the  moie  interested  arranged  between  them  for  one  of  their  number 
and  then  another,  in  succession,  to  go  to  Northampton  every  week, 
to  bring  the  mail  and  the  Hampshire  Gazette.  When  one  had  ful- 
filled his  task,  he  wrote  upon  the  Gazette  belonging  to  the  coming 
man,  "your  turn  next,"  and  so  each  succeeding  week  was  provided 
for.  At  length  a  post-rider,  (said  to  be  a  Mr.  Richardson,)  com- 
menced doing  this  business.  In  a  short  time  he  was  succeeded  by 
that  veteran  of  post-riders,  Ebenezer  Hunt,  late  of  Cummington.  He 
was  succeeded  by  an  elderly  man  named  Kingman,  of  Woithington, 
who  carried  the  papers  about  one  year.  The  next  was  Josiah  Shaw, 
late  of  Haydenville,  who  was  succeeded  by  Theron  A.  Hamlin,  I.  A. 

Hamlin,  Jacob  Lovell,  Frederick  W.  Belden,  Jason  C.    Thayer, 

Loud,  and  O.  P.  Clark. 


80  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

John  Williams,  Esq.,  was  first  postmaster.  He  was  appointed 
probably  in  1817,  and  retained  the  office  about  23  years.  His  son 
Hinckley  Williams, succeeded  him,  and  was  postmaster  till  1853, when 
the  office  was  removed.  John  L.  Godfrey  held  the  office  for  about 
two  years,  when  Maj.  Joseph  Hawks  received  the  appointment,  and 
still  retains  it. 

Between  the  years  1810-35,  ^^^''^  ^.n  extensive  business  was  done 
in  carrying  farmers'  produce,  pork,  butter,  cheese,  etc.,  and  other 
goods,  leather  being  quite  an  item,  from  the  iiill  towns  to  Boston,  and 
bringing  in  return  goods  for  the  merchants  and  others.  The  teams 
usually  stopped  the  first  night  at  Gilbert's,  in  Belchertown,  and 
reached  Boston  early  on  the  fifth  day,  in  season  to  exchange  loads 
aiid  get  out  of  the  city  on  their  way  back  to  spend  their  first  night.- 
An  old  teamster,  many  years  on  the  route,  relates  that  the  tedious- 
ness  of  the  journey  was  quite  often  forgotten  by  reason  of  the  number 
that  were  able  to  join  company.  At  one  time  he  counted  thirty-four 
teams  moving  on  together,  each  having  from  two  to  six  horses. 

In  1813,  the  town  had  a  pauper  who  left  his  keepers  and  went  to 
Boston.  A  man  was  sent  to  bring  him  back,  who  charged  the  follow- 
ing, as  his  expenses  on  the  way.  It  is  interesting  as  showing  the  rate 
of  travel,  and  the  cost  and  kind  of  items  deemed  a  reasonable  charge 
for  such  a  journey.  The  bill  of  particulars  reads:  "Spencer,  March 
17,  1813,  Half  a  mug  sling,  10  cents;  1-2  peck  of  oats,  13  cents. 
Worcester,  hay  two  baiting,  12  cents,  sling  10  cents,  dinner  30  cents, 
supper  25  cents,  lodging  8  cents,  gate  6  1-4  cents,  hay  8  cents,  gate  6 
1-4  cents.  Framingham — sling  12  1-2  cents,  gate  6  1-4  cents.  New- 
ton— sling  12  1-2  cents,  oats  13,  gate  6  1-4.  Boston — supp^'r3o  cents. 
Boston,  March  19 — Oats  1-2  peck,  20  cents,  horsekeeping  56  cents, 
lodging  13  cents,  sling  12  1-2  cents,  hay  8  cents.  (He  s<;cuied  his 
fugitive,  and  set  out  on  hisreturn  the  same  day.)  Dinner  for  Sam 
and  I,  62  cents,  gate  6  1-4  cents.  Needham — sling  12  1-2  cents, 
("Sam,"  the  pauper,  probably  didn't  have  sling,)  gate  614  cents. 
Supper  for  two  at  Framingham,  62  cents,  gate  and  onts.  Westboro, 
March  20,  horsekeeping  30  cents,  lodging  for  two  16  cents,  cider  8 
cents,  (probably  for  Sam).  Worcester — sling  12  1-2  cents,  hay  8 
cents,  breakfast  for  two  50  cents.  Leicester — sling  12  1-2  cents,  (no 
oats).  Spencer — Oats  12  1-2  cents,  sling  10  cents,  supper  for  two. 
Sam  staid  over  Sunday,  21st,  at  Brookfield,  lodging  8  cents,  cider  6, 
vitualling34.     Next  day  at  Ware — one  glass  of  sling  6  cents.  (Prices 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  81 

are  tending  downward.)  Belchertown — lodging  S,  sling  6,  breakfast 
25,  lunch  12.     (Probably  took  supper  in  Goshen  that  night.) 

The  late  Hattil  Washburn,  Sen.,  a  native  of  New  Bedford,  came 
here  in  1790,  at  the  age  of  nine  years,  and  lived  with  Dr.  Burgess  till 
he  was  of  age.  When  he  first  became  acquainted  with  the  road  to 
NorthamiDton,  there  were  quite  a  number  of  houses  between  that  town 

and  this.     The  first  house  this  side  of  Northampton  was  the  okl 

Warner  house,  aud  the  next,  the  Clark  tavern,  standing  near  Wil- 
liamsburgh  line.  The  old  Fairfield  tavern,  where  Haydenville  now 
is,  was  next,  then  Thayer's  house^  in  Skinnerville,  then  a  house  stand- 
ing under  tlie  great  elm,  w^heie  \V.  S.  Pierce  lived,  next  was  Samuel 
Bodman's,  near  where  the  towm  house  in  Williamsburgh  now  stands. 
The  Dr.  Gary  house,  Hubbard's  tavern,  was  then  standing,  and  op- 
posite w;is  Abner  Williams'.     At  I'hayer's  factory, Taylor  had  a 

mill.  On  the  hill,  at  the  btick  house,  where  Squire  Glapp  formerly 
resided,  lived  a  man  named  Wilds.  Next  was  Rev.  Mr.  Strong's, 
and  opposite,  Joshua  Thayer's  tavern;  at  the  top  of  the  hill  beyond, 
was  Bartlett's  tavern;  and  at  the  Dea.  Rogers'  place  was  Dwight's 
store,  and  then  a  little  off  the  road  was  Dr.  Paine's — recently  Spen- 
cer Bartlett's.      Next  was  a    house    owned    by Lull,    then    Ludo 

Thayer's,  thtn  James  Hunt's — Theron  Warner's;  then  followed  the 
houses  of  Joshua  Abell,  Richard  Tower,(Dr. Daniel  Pierce*s,)Rev.  Mr. 
Whitman,  Col.  May,  Lieut.  Lyon,  John  Williams,  Eben  Parsons.  The 
last  named  lived  on  the  Jared  Hawks  farm,  northwest  of  the  center 
of  Goshen. 

S/ores. 

The  first  trader  in  town  was  John  James.  He  had  a  store  in  1782, 
and  did  a  successful  business.     Nehemiah  May  and  Ebenezer  Parsons 

were  also  in  trade    for  some    time.      May    died    in    1813,    and  

Adams,  of  Conway,  took  the  business.  Dr.  Hutchins  bought  him  out 
and  finally  closed  the  store. 

John  Williams  was  connected  in  trade  for  a  short  time  probably 
with  Mr.  James,  but  about  1786,  he  commenced  the  sale  of  dry  goods 
and  groceries  on  his  own  account,  and  eventually  secured  an  exten- 
sive trade.  His  son  Hinckley  continued  the  business  for  many  years, 
completing  more  than  half  a  century  in  which  a  store  was  kept  at  this 
place.  A  store  was  kept  by  George  Salmon,  1810-15,  in  the  Lemuel 
Lyon  house.     E.    W.    Town,    in    1832-8,    occupied   the  store    which 


82  HISTORY    or    GOSHEN. 

D.W.  Graves  previously  kept  for  some  years.  W.  A.  Godfrey  commenc- 
ing again  in  1853,  sold  to  Joseph  Hawks,  and  in  1858  the  building 
was  removed  and  attached  to  the  hotel.  A.  W.  Crafts  and  Alvan 
Barrus  opened  a  store  in  i860;  Joshua  Knowlton  bought  the  house 
of  Alvan  Barrus  in  1863,  and  after  about  three  years  sold  to  J.  H. 
Godfrey,  who  still  continues  the  business  in  the  same  place.  The 
store  is  in  the  house  built  for  Rev.  Joel  Wright  as  a  parsonage  in  182 1, 
and  subsequently  became  the  residence  of    Widow  Timothy  Lyman. 

Taverns — Hotels. 

Public  houses  for  the  "entertainment  of  man  and  beast," — particu- 
larly tl">e  man, — formerly  abounded.  Col.  Nehemiah  May  was  one  of 
the  earliest  engaging  in  the  business,  which  he  carried  on  while  he 
lived.  Jared  Hawks,  his  son-in-law,  continued  it  for  several  years 
after  May's  decease,  and  the  house  was  closed  about  18 19. 

Lemuel  Lyon  was  among  the  first  to  open  his  house  as  a  tavern, 
but  he  did  nou  long  continue  the  business.  An  incident  is  related 
that  caused  considerable  merriment  at  his  expense.  He  had  a  liogs- 
head  of  liquor  so  large  that  it  could  not  be  rolled  into  his  cellar,  and 
he  was  obliged  to  draw  it  off  and  carry  it  in,  a  pail  full  at  a  time. 
While  waiting  for  his  pail  to  fill,  he  unwittingly  fell  asleep.  The 
liquor  ran  till  the  pail  was  full  and  then  ran  away  till  the  cask  was 
empty.  It  was  probably  quitt  as  well  for  the  public,  but  rather  de- 
pleting to  his  pocket.  Lyon  afterward  lived  where  Lowell  Hunt  now 
lives,  and  kept  tavern  there.  A  tavern  was  again  kept  i\o\\\  1821  to 
1824,  at  Lyon's  former  residence.  Ebenezer  Parsons,  in  1785;  Solo- 
mon Parsons,  in  1791;  Jonah  Williams,*  in  1816,  severally  opened 
their  houses  as  public  inns  for  brief  periods. 

John  Williams  kept  liquors  in  connection  with  his  store,  as  early  as 
1786.  The  amount  of  his  sales  in  '87  and  '88  appear  to  have  been 
more  than  a  thousand   dollars    per  year.       He  soon  after   opened  a 

*  Note.  It  is  told  that  Mr.  Williams  in  reply  to  the  question  why  he  opened  a  tavern,, 
said  :  "Because  1  have  a  neighbor  who  goes  every  day  to  get  liis  dram  of  brother  John, 
and  will  eventually  drink  np  all  his  property.  I  may  as  well  save  him  the  travel  and  get  the 
property  myself,  as  to  let  another  have  it."  The  neighbor  heard  of  it,  and  taking  the  hint, 
wisely  concluded  to  keep  his  property  in  his  own  hands.  He  immediately  reformed  and 
lived  to  a  good  old  age,  a  temperate  man,  with  a  comfortable  estate.  There  may  be  room 
for  criticism  in  ralatlan  to  many  things  done  in  former  times,  but  we  need  to  remember 
what  the  dear  old  friend  of  somebody  used  to  say  with  the  truest  Christian  charity,  when 
he  heard  anyone  lacing  loudly  condemned  for  some  fault :  "Ah  !  well,  yes,  it  seems  verj- 
bad  to  me,  because  that's  not  my  way  of  sinning." 


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tavern,  which  he  ultimately  relinquished  to  his  son,  H.  Williams,  who 
leased  it  in  1837-8,  to  Edwin  A.  Carpenter.  It  was  closed  as  a  hotel 
in  1 84 1. 

A  hotel  was  built  by  Capt.  Reuben  Dresser,  in  1818.  He  sold  to 
Downing  W.  Graves  about  1824,  who  kept  it  about  eight  years,  and 
was  succeeded  by  Israel  B.  Thompson.  Alfred  Jones  was  his  suc- 
cessor in  1838,  and  remained  till  1841.  Then  followed  W.  H.  Guil- 
ford, L,  Gurney,  and  Edward  Bridgman,  the  last  warned  remaining 
from  1842  to  1851.  L.  Gurney  then  returned  and  and  staid  till  1855, 
when  Maj.  Hawks  became  proprietor. 

It  was  burnt  October  31,  1867,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  pres- 
ent large  and  well  arranged  house,  which,  under  the  management  of 
the  Major  and  his  efficient  daughter.  Miss  Fannie  E.  Hawks,  has 
become  a  very  pojnilar  resort  for  persons  seeking  for  health  or  pleas- 
ure. The  location  is  elevated,  ihe  view  ©ne  of  the  finest  in  the  state, 
the  air  pure,  the  scenery  diversified  and  charniin;^,  the  village  quiet  ; 
and  all  combine  to  make  the  place  attractive.  The  "History  of  the 
Connecticut  Valley,"  says, 

"Once  located  here  under  the  care  of  the  Major,  upon  the  highest  land  in 
Hampshire  County,  enjoying  the  purest  air  of  the  Green  Mountain  chain,  it  is  no 
wonder  that  guests  are  loath  tO  leave  and  quick  to  come  again.  No  where  does 
day  dawn  over  the  eastern  hills  with  lovelier  tints,  nor  paint  the  western  sky  with 
more  resplendent  c<jlors.  From  the  wide  and  pleasant  piazzas  of  the  Highland 
House  charming  views  greet  the  eye  in  every  direction — landscapes  of  unequalled 
beauty,  comprising  mountains  and  valleys,  forests  ai  d  fields,  rural  homes  and  village 
mansions.  Beautiful  drives  are  everywhere  open  to  the  tourist.  Moore's  Hill  is 
but  a  short  distance  away — a  fine  rounded  elevation  of  open  fields  and  unobstructed 
views, — rising  six  hundred  feet  above  Mount  Holyoke,  with  a  far  wider  range  of 
vision.  The  whole  town  is  so  elevated  that  to  climb  the  highest  summit  is  an  easy 
affair,  neither  fatiguing  the  traveler,  nor  requiring  a  perpend  cular  railway.  The 
Cascade,  the  Devil's  Den,  the  Lily  Pond,  are  worth  many  a  visit,  vvhile  numerous 
unnamed  localities  offer  abundant  attractions.  The  geologist-  may  gather  the  choic- 
est specimens  known  to  science  and  the  botanist  cull  flowers  of  rich  and  rare 
beauty." 

Physicians. 

Dr.  Isaac  Robinson  has  been  referred  to  as  the  first  physician 
here.  His  son,  Dr.  Joseph  Robinson,  was  here  in  1794-5.  Dr.  Job 
Ranger  from  Brookfield  lived  here  in  1789-90;  he  boarded  with 
John  Williams,  whose  wife  was  his  cousin  ;  his  mother  and  the  wife 


i?^4  lllSTOKY    OF    (iOlSlIKN. 

of  C'apt.  Thomas  Weeks  were  sisters.  William  White,  Jr.,  studied 
medicine  with  him.  Dr.  Ranger's  health  failing  he  returned  to  his 
native  town,  and  soon  after  died.  In  answer  to  the  inquiry  where  he 
went  when  he  left  Goshen,  of  one  who  knew  him  well,  the  reply  was, 
"'To  heaven," — referring^  to  his  devoted  piety  and  early  death. 

Dr.  Benjamin  Burgess  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Perry  of  New 
Bedford.  He  went  into  practice  on  Martha's  Vineyard,  first,  it  is 
said,  in  Chilmark  and  then  in  Tislniry.  He  came  to  Goshen  about 
the  time  of  its  incorporation,  aiul  h.ul  an  extensive  and  lucrative 
practice.  Further  notice  of  him  and  his  family  will  be  found  in  a 
subsequent  chapter. 

Dr.  Ellis  Coney,  a  physician  of  good  abilities,  came  from  Worces- 
ter county,  served  as  Selectman  and  Treasurer,  died  in  1807,  after  a 
residence  of  only  a  few  years. 

Dr.  George  Rogers  was  in  i^ractice  here  about  iS  10-12.  He 
removed  to  Conway. 

Drs.  Childs  and  R.  C.  Robinson  were  here  about  181 2-13.  Dr. 
Robinson  removed  to  North  Adams.  Dr.  Erastus  Hawks  practiced 
here  1817  to  24.  At  the  latter  date  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Dwight  of  North- 
ampton came  and  spent  a  year  or  two.  A  Dr.  Fuller  was  here  in 
1820,  and  A.  W.  Rockwell  in  1822.  Dr.  Geo.  Wright  from  North- 
ampton, 1826  to  183  r,  was  much  esteemed  as  a  physician  and  as  a 
man.  He  removed  to  Montague.  J.  W.  Rockwell,  his  successor, 
1833-4,  staid  only  two  years.  Dr.  Daniel  Pierce  fronfi  Worthington, 
came  in  1836  and  remained  till  his  death  in  1857.  During  the  later 
years  of  his  life  he  relinquished  the  active  duties  of  his  profession  for 
other  pursuits.  He  was  a  native  of  Peru.  Of  a  vigorous  mind  he 
dislin;:uished  himself  as  a  medical  student  under  the  care  of  Dr. 
Peter  Bryant  of  Cummington,  father  of  the  poet,  became  a  practi- 
tioner of  good  ability,  residing  in  the  towns  of  Brookfield,  Peru  and 
at  Worthington,  and,  at  the  latter  place  was  for  some  time  a  deacon 
of  the  Congregational  church.  Since  his  death,  the  town  has  not 
had  a  resident  physician.  Its  proverbial  healthfulness  does  not 
offer  to  the  profession  an  inviting  field. 

In  former  times,  physicians  were  "called,"  by  act  of  the  people  to 


JilSTORY    OF    GOSUEX.  8.^ 

settle  with  them,  though  in  a  less  formal  manner  llian  the  calling  of 
the  minister. 

Dr.  Charles  Knowllon,  of  Ashfteld,  who  died  in  February,  1850, 
was  the  leading  physician  in  this  vicinity  for  nearly  twenty  years^ 
and  was  often  emplo\'ed  in  this  town.  His  son,  Dr.  C,  L.  Knowl- 
ton,  suceeeded  his  father  and  had  an  extensive  field  of  service  for 
many  years.     He  removed  to  Northampton  1867  or  '68. 

The  following  too  truthful  lines  are  borrowed  of  him  : 

(iod  and  the  Doctor  we  alike  adore, 
Just  on  the  brink  of  danger,  not  before; 
The  danger  passed,  both  are  alike  requited, 
God  is  forgotten  and  the  Doctor  slighted. 

Imlustrlal  Pursuits. 

Agriculture  has  always  been  the  chief  employment  of  the  citizens 
of  Goshen.  Hay,  lumber  and  firewood  have. always  been  sold  out  of 
town  to  some  extent. 

The  State  Census  for  1875,  gives  a  list  of  agricultuTal  products  for 
the  year  from  all  the  towns  in  the  state. 

The  following  table  gives  a  list  of  each  product  whose  value 
exceeds  fifty  dollars: 

Apples,  1,604  bushels, $695 

Beef,  29,275  lbs 2,475 

Beets,  84  bushels 67 

Blueberries,    1,304  quarts 145 

Buckwheat,  85  bushels 85 

Chickens,   1,285  ^^^ 232 

Corn,   578  bushels 578 

Eggs,  3,885  doz 1,083 

Hay,  English,   1,227  tons '. .  17,818 

Hay,  meadow,    105  tons 1,240 

Manure,    990  cords 5»778 

Milk,  8,175  g'lllons ^550 

Oats,  260  bushels 196 

Pork,  15,876  lbs 1,572 

Potatoes,   7,377  bushels 3,689 


86  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

Straw,    9  tons $107 

Turkey,    949  !bs 201 

■^rurnips,    1,061  bush 431 

Veal,  3,2  15  lbs 306 

Wool,  264  lbs 116 

DOMESTIC    PRODUCTS    FOR    SALE. 

Butter,    14,578  lbs 4,724 

Cider,    2,197  gallons 259 

Firewood,   473  cords 2,243 

Maple  Sugar,  6,400  lbs 911 

DOMESTIC    PRODUCTS    FOR    USE. 

Butter,    8,667  'bs 2,805 

Cider,    1,793  gallons 224 

Dried    fruit - 59 

Maple  Si^gar,  13,600  lbs 1,629 

Maple  Molasses,  140  gallons 147 

AGGREGATES. 

Domestic  products  for  sale - 8,185 

"    iise 4,947 

Hay  crop 19,088 

Other  agricultural  products 19,664 

$51,884 

PROPERTY  IN  THE  TOWN CENSUS  OF  1875. 

Farms 93       value       $195,105 

Houses S^ 

Barns 97 

Sheds 23 

Corn  crib i 

Sugar  houses 2 

206  76,600 


HISTOKY    OF  GOSHEN. 

Land  in  crops              1,896  acres $  45,552 

Orchard  land,                   39     "      1,180 

Unimproved  land,     5,529      "       37>328 

Unimprovable  land,     350      "       no 

Woodland,                   1,837     " 34,335 

9^651  118,505 

Bees,  swarms,  8 $          45 

Bulls,   18 557 

Calves,  98 903 

Colts,   14 1,175 

Dogs,  28 199 

Geese,    2 2 

Guinea  fowls;   6 8 

Heifers,  75 •- 1,536 

Hens  and  chickens,    1,000 790 

Ho2,s,  45 600 

Horses,  87, ^jS9^ 

Lambs,  24   92 

Milch  Cows,   190 8,648 

Oxen,  32 2,750 

Pigs,  14 124 

Sheep,  64 270 

Steers,   40 1,241 

Turkeys,    50 84 


$27,620 

AGGREGATES. 

Land $118,505 

Buildings 76,600 

Fruit  trees 3,870 

Domestic   animals 27,620 

Agricultural  tools  in  use 7,366 

$233,961 


88  ^  HISTORY  OF  CIOSHEX. 

Mills  and  Manufactories. 

Reuben  Dresser  built  a  saw  mill,  one  of  the  first  in  town,  more  than 
a  hundred  years  since,  below  the  Dresser  Pond.  A  broom-handle 
factory  was  added  about  forty  years  ago;  and  later,  button  moulds 
have  been  manufactured  there.  It  now  belongs  to  the  heirs  of  C.  C. 
Dresser.  About  two  miles  above,  Emmons  Putney  built  a  saw  mill 
not  far  from  1835,  which  ran  for  twenty  years  or  more,  and  was  owned 
finally  by  \Vm.  H.  Webster. 

Ezekiel  Corbin  had  a  grist  mill  on  Swift  River  a  little 'below  Shaw's 
bridge  near  Cummington  line,  as  early  as  1796.  James  Patrick  had 
a  saw  and  grist  mill  two  miles  or  so  above,  on  Swift  River,  near  Ash- 
field  line,  built  about  1788.  Daniel  Williams,  many  years  later  built 
a  new  mill  and  and  stone  dam  a  few  rods  above  the  old  mill,  which 
has  since  been  owned  by  Samuel  Ranney  and  others,  and  later,  for 
many  years,  by  J.  D .  Shipman,  who  sold  in  1880  to  Ansel  Cole. 
Stone's  saw  mill  and  broom  handle  factory,  on  Stone's  brook,  a 
branch  of  Swift  River,  were  erected  in  1828.  It  was  the  first  factory 
for  turning  broom  handles  by  machinery  in  this  vicinity.  Planes 
were  made  here  from  1854  to  1859  by  Hiram  Barrus  and  brothers. 
At  the  present  time,  the  works  comprise  a  saw  mill  and  brush  handle 
factory,  owned  by  Amos  H.  Stone  and  Son.  The  second  grist  mill 
in  town  stood  about  forty  rods  higher  up  the  stream,  built  by  Capt. 
Bigelow.  Maj.  Ambrose  Stone  in  1780  changed  the  works  to  a  ful- 
ling mill  and  clothier  establishment,  the  first  by  nearly  forty  years  for 
many  miles  around.  Nearly  a  mile  above,  Willard  and  Hiram  Pack- 
ard had  a  saw  mill  which  was  abandoned  more  than  20  years  ago. 
Still  further  up,  on  a  branch  of  Stone's  brook  at  the  outlet  of  Beaver 
Meadow,  is  Sears'  saw  mill,  formerly  owned  by  Dea.  Stephen  Par- 
sons. Beaver  Meadow  is  connected  by  a  small  stream  with  the  upper 
Reservoir,  which  in  time  of  high  water,  discharged  its  waters  in  two 
directions — one,  through  Stone's  brook  into  the  Westfield  River,  the 
other  through  Mill  River  into  the  Connecticut,  Near  the  south  end 
of  the  upper  Reservoir,  built  in  1873,  was  another  saw  mill  erected 
by  Francis  and  Thomas  Lyman  about  60  years  ago.  At  the  lower 
Reservoir,  on  ihe  street  east  of  the  meeting-house,  there  was  an  an- 
cient saw  mill,  owned  by  John  Williams — called  "Carpenter  John," 
to  distinguish  him  from  "Squire  John/"'  the  Postmaster.  It  was  after- 
ward owned  by   Abner   Moore,  who   added   a  small    grist    mill  with 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  89 

broom  handle  and  button  mould  factory.  A  little  below  is  the  saw 
mill  of  Rodney  Hawks,  on  the  site  of  another  built  some  forty  years 
ago. 

Farther  down  Mill  River  is  the  remains  of  an  old  dam  that  marks 
the  place  where  Nehemiah  May  and  Ebenezer  Putney  about  1788 
erected  a  mill  for  grinding  sumac  to  be  sent  to  Europe  for  tanning 
morocco.  But  it  did  not  pay  and  was  given  up.  Just  below,  Emmons 
Putney  erected  a  saw  mill  in  1839.  He  has  made  button  moulds  here 
for  many  years.  He  states  that  one  girl  turned  off  for  him  in  one 
day  150  gross  of  moulds,  equal  to  21,600  pieces.  Below  Putney's 
mill,  was  another,  built  about  1815  by  Ebenezer  White  and  Elias 
Lyon,  and  afterwards  owned  by  Opt.  Horace  Packard  and  sons. 
About  a  mile  below,  Nehemiah  May  built  a  grist  mill  more  than  a 
century  since,  said  to  have  been  the  first  in  town,  which  stood  for  50 
years.  Not  a  vestige  of  the  old  timbers  remain,  but  Maj.  Hawks  re- 
members going  there  to  mill  in  his  boyhood.  On  Harding's  brook,  a 
tributary  of  Mill  River,  coming  down  from  the  vicinity  ot  Moore's 
Hill,  Asa  White  built  a  saw  mill  nearly  fifty  years  since,  which  run 
for  only  a  few  years. 

Cider  mills,  run  by  horse  power, belonged  to  Dresser,  White,  James, 
Gloyd,  Lyman,  Packard  and  Naramore.  The  Packard  mill,  owned 
by  Joseph  Beals,  still  exists;  and  E.  C.  Packard  has  recently  set  up 
another. 

In  1812  Major  Stone  and  Sons  furnished  considerable  quantities  of 
cloth  for  our  army.  It  was  narrow  in  width,  but  sold  for  a  high 
price.  In  1780  he  bought  wool  at  an  averagt^  price  of  25  cents  per 
lb.,  which  in  1812  was  worth  $2.  Other  mills  of  the  kind  becom- 
ing inconveniently  numerous.  Stone  finally  gave  up  the  business, 
having  pursued   it  for  nearly  fifty  years. 

Levi  Kingman,  of  Cummington,  did  a  successful  I)nsiness  here 
about  1S12-14,  in  the  manufacture  of  patent  ovc^rshoes,  called  "  Tus- 
carora  socks."  They  had  an  extensive  sale,  and  were  long  a  popular 
article. 

Solomon  Parsons  and  John  James  engaged  quite  largely  in  the 
marmfacture  of  potash,  and  continued  in  the  business  for  many 
years. 


90  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

There  was  formerly  a  tannery  owned  by  Oliver  Taylor  where  Wm. 
H.  Webster  lived.  It  was  in  operation  before  the  Revolutionary 
War.  Taylor  enlisted  and  v^rent  into  the  army,  but  it  becoming 
known  that  he  was  a  tanner,  he  was  sent  home  to  work  at  his  trade, 
as  he  could  be  more  useful  in  that  department,  laboring  for  the  sol- 
diers, than  by  serving  in  the  field  with  them.  Another  tannery  near 
where  William  Tilton  lived  was  owned  for  many  years  by  his  brother, 
Benjamin  Tilton. 

Thomas  Weeks,  Jason  Olds,  Silas  Olds,  and  Levi  Stearns  were  the 
principal  cabinet-makers  that  have  carried  on  the  business  here  ;  and 
they  belonged  to  a  former  age.  Capt.  Weeks  did  all  his  wood-turn- 
ing by  means  of  a  spring-pole  and  treadle-lathe,  the  foot  being  the 
motive  power.  Spinning-wheels  were  made  by  him,  and  at  a  later 
day  by  Reuben  Kingman. 

The  blacksmiths  doing  business  here  have  been  few.  John  Wil- 
liams, Jonah  Williams,  Thomas  Brown,  Cyrus  Stearns,  Thomas  W. 
Stearns,  Asahel  Billings  and  Elijah  Billings  comprise  all,  or  nearly 
all,  of  that  trade.  Cyrus  Stearns  claimed  to  be  the  inventor  of  the 
circular '' claw,"  forming  a  part  of  the  modern  nail  hammer.  The 
"claw"  was  formerly  a  right  angle,  and  none  others  were  in  use  till 
Stearns  made  several  with  a  circular  claw,  which  soon  became  the 
universal  pattern. 

Professional  shoe-makers  were  never  a  numerous  class  in  this 
community.  Joshua  Packard,  Sr.,  was  one  of  the  principal  of  his 
day.  Later,  there  have  been  Hattil  Washburn,  Sr.,  John  V.  Hunt, 
Lysander  and  Spencer  Gurney  and  Lowell  Hunt.  The  public  in 
former  times  were  served  in  this  line  by  a  class  of  shoe-maVers  who, 
in  the  common  parlance,  went  round  "  whipping  the  cat,"  or  in  other 
words,  went  to  the  house  of  the  person  employing  them  and  worked 
by  the  day  till  the  family  were  supplied  for  the  winter,  the  employer 
furnishing  the  leather  and  "findings."  Then  the  shoemaker  took  his 
"  kit"  of  tools  and  went  to  work  for  another  customer  in  the  same 
way.  Moccasins  instead  of  boats  and  shoes  were  worn  by  the  early 
settlers. 

A  tailor  by  profession  was  unknown  in  the  early  history  of  the 
town.  The  mother  generally  understood  the  art  of  fitting  the  gar- 
ments to  her  familv,  and  if  she  needed  assistance  there  were  a  class 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  91 

of  maiden  aunts  known  as   tailoresses  that  were  always  obtainable, 
and  wherever  and  whenever  wanted,  in  their  peculiar  vocation. 

The  most  prominent  carpenters  and  mill-wri^hts  of  the  past  were 
Samuel  Mott,  Ebenezer  White,  Joshua  Packard,  Jr.,  John  Williams, 
2d,  (known  as  "  Carpenter  Williams,")  Wni.  Abell,  George  Abell, 
Horace  Packard  and  Asa  White,  Frebun  W.  Packard  and  C.  C, 
Dresser.  Previous  to  1N12,  buildings  were  framed  by  the  old  system, 
known  as  the  "  try  rule."  It  necessitated  putting  together  every 
joint  in  a  frame,  and  marking  it  by  a  number  or  character,  so  that 
when  the  building  was  raised  each  tenon  should  have  its  appropriate 
mortise,  otherwise  the  work  of  raising  the  frame  would  be  impossible. 
In  iSr2,  Levi  Bates  of  Cummington  framed  the  house  now  owned  by 
H.  and  A.  Barrus,  by  the  new  system,  called  ''square  rule."  A 
prominent  house-builder  from  New  York  city,  who  worked  only  by 
''try  rule,"  was  present  one  day,  and  said  in  the  hearing  of  Bates, 
that  the  house  framed  by  his  new-fangled  notion  of  square  rule  could 
never  be  raised.  But  Bates  went  on  with  his  square  rule  work,  and 
the  New  Yorker  left  with  an  arrangement  to  have  a  letter  sent  to  him 
detailing  the  result.  As  Bates  anticipated,  the  raising  was  a  perfect 
demonstration  of  the  superiority  of  the  modern  system.  Never  was 
frame  more  easily  raised  or  more  perfect  in  the  fitting  of  its  joints. 
"  There,"  said  the  correspondent  of  the  New  Yorker,  when  he  saw 
the  work  completed,  ''  the  next  mail  shall  carry  word  to  my  friend  of 
the  satisfactory  performance  of  such  a  remarkable  feat." 

The  first  wooden  clocks  made  in  this  vicinity  were  the  work,  it  is 
said,  of  Zelotus  Reed,  about  1796.  Portions  of  his  work  still  remain- 
ing, show  that  the  art  of  clock-making  had  not  then  reached  perfec- 
tion. The  weights  of  the  clocks  were  of  stone,  and  the  bells  were 
of  Reed's  own  casting.  His  prices  were  from  $25  to  $30  each. 
While  living  here,  he  became  interested  in  the  expansive  power  of 
steam,  and  actually  constructed  a  small  steam  engine  of  considerable 
power. 

Maj.  Ambrose  Stone  stated  that  this  engine  turned  a  small  shaft 
with  so  much  power  that  he  was  not  able  to  hold  it  with  both  hands, 
although  the  boiler  held  only  about  a  pint.  It  is  not  known  on  what 
principle  his  engine  was  constructed.  Simeon  Reed,  the  father  of 
Zelotus,  belonged  in  Cummington,  and  was  also  a  man   of  much   in- 


92  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

genuity  and  a  maker  of  clocks.  It  is  said  that  he  constructed  the 
first  machine  in  the  country  for  making  cut  nails;  that  when  he  had 
brought  it  nearly  to  perfection,  two  of  his  neighbors,  with  a  friend  of 
theirs  from  Abington,  stealthily  ascended  a  ladder  they  had  set  up  to 
a  window  of  the  room  of  his  house,  where  )ie  worked  on  his  machine 
in  secret.  After  comprehending  the  idea  of  ihe  inventor,  they  de- 
parted and  soon  afterward  brought  out  a  new  machine  of  their  own  at 
Abington,  which  was  the  starting  point  of  the  present  extensive  busi- 
ness in  nail  making  in  that  portion  of  tiie  state. 

In  1851,  a  joint  stock  company,  comprising  about  40  members, 
was  formed  for  making  planes  and  other  tools,  under  the  name  of  the 
"Union  Tool  Co."  'J'hey  purchased  the  shop  and  stock  of  Abner 
Moore,  who  had  been  for  a  short  time  engaged  in  the  business,  em- 
ployed about  20  hands  and  carried  on  the  manufacture  about  two  and 
a  half  years.  The  results  were  not  such  as  to  render  "joint  stock 
companies,"  in  this  section,  very  popular.  The  expenses  not  only  ab- 
sorbed the  capital  invested,  but  involved  the  private  property  of  the 
stockholders.  Litigation  followed  and  several  questions  werecarried 
to  the  Supreme  Court  for  decision.  The  last  quesiion  decided  by  the 
Court  was  one  of  much  interest  to  the  stockholders  and  of  some  sur- 
prise to  the  public,  considering  the  long  time  the  business  of  manu- 
facturing tools  has  been  carried  on.  The  decision  was  substantially 
this: — That  inasmuch  as  the  organization  of  the  concern  was  in- 
complete, the  company  had  no  legal  existence;  and  as  a  necessary  re- 
sult, no  one  could  be  held  as  a  stockholder,  liable  to  pay  any  of  the 
company's  debts. 

Military  Companies. 

The  "Gore"  had  what  was  called  a  Lieutenant's  company,  com- 
manded by  Lieut.  Lemuel  Lyon,  which  afterwards  became  the  Goshen 
Company  of  Infantry.  Its  first  Captain  was  William  White.  His 
successors  were  Barzillai  Banister,  Lemuel  Banister,  Ambrose  Stone, 
Joseph  Naramore,  Cheney  Taft,  Malachi  James,  John  Grant,  Timo- 
thy Lyman,  Reuben  Dresser,  John  Smith,  Francis  Lyman,  Joseph 
White,  William  Abell,  George  Abell,  Fordyce  Rice,  Zimri  Newell 
Cyrel  Jepson.  Ambrose  Stone  became  Major  of  the  company  and 
Timothy  Lyman,  Colonel  of  the  regiment. 

A  company  of  artillery  was  early  formed  here,  with  Freeborn  May- 
hew  for  captain.      He  removed  to  Chariemont  and  was  succeeded  by 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  93 

Nehemiah  May,  who  became  colonel  of  the  regiment,  and  Alpheus 
Naraniore  as  captain,  who  died  in  office  in  iSo6.  It  was  a  popular 
company  and  its  membership  was  extended  into  other  towns.  The 
Plainfield  members  soon  outnumbered  the  others,  chose  officers  be- 
longing to  that  town  and  removed  the  field  pieces  thither  from  Go- 
shen. The  name  was  finally  changed  to  "Plainfield  Artillery."  The 
Company  in  its  early  days  was  noted  for  its  stalwart  men.  It  boasted 
at  one  time  of  having  h..if  a  ton  of  sergeants.  Thaddeus  Naramore, 
Stephen  Kellogg,  Josiah  White  and Bates. 

The  first  field  pieces  used  by  the  company  were  iron,  mounted  on 
"slug"  wheels — wooden  wheels  without  spokes.  The  inspecting  offi- 
cer caused  these  pieces,  on  account  of  their  great  weight,  to  be  ex- 
changed for  brass.  The  new  pieces  when  received  were  taken  to  the 
common  near  the  old  cluirch  for  "trial."  They  were  heavily  loaded, 
and  the  first  discharge  produced  such  a  concussion  as  to  break  out  a 
large  quantity  of  glass  from  the  windows  of  the  church,  and  satisfied 
the  company  of  the  efficiency  of  their  guns.  The  gun-house  stood 
upon  the  east  side  of  the  street,  just  south  of  the  common. 

A  flourishing  company  of  cavalry,  belonging  to  this  section,  h<:vd  a 
large  number  of  its  members  from  this  town.  The  first  Captain  is 
said  to  have  belonged  in  Hatfield.  The  persons  succeeding  to  the 
office  were  as  follows,  and  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained  in  the  or- 
der given:  Edmund  Lazell  and  Stephen  French,  Sen.,  of  Cummington; 
Trovvbridge  Ward,  of  Worthington,  afterward    Colonel;  Eli    Bryant, 

Consider  Ewell,  Kingsley,  of   Chesterfield;  Joseph  Warner,  of 

Cummington,  Luther  Stone  of  Goshen,  afterward  (Jolonel;  Chester 
Mitchell  of  Cummington;  Lewis  Gibbs  of  Chesterfield;  Horace  Pack- 
ard of  Goshen;  Oren  Stone  of  Worthington;  Joseph  Hawks  of  Goshen, 
Major;  Hudson  Bates  of  Chesterfield. 

In  its  palmy  days,  this  company  had  the  reputation  of  being  one 
of  the  best  in  the  state.  Efficient  men  only  were  allowed  to  enlist  in 
it  and  it  long  maintained  its  pre-eminence.  It  was  remarked  by  one 
who  knew,  that  wherever  the  company  made  its  appearance,  all  other 
parties  were  careful  to  give  them  elbow-room. 

The  following  is  the  company  as  officered  in  1820. 


M 


HISTORY    OF    G0SHE:N^. 


Moll  of  Capt.  Joseph  Warner's  Company  of  Cavalry,  April  5,  1820. 


Captain, 
Lieutenant  J 

a 

Comet, 
Sergeant, 


Trumpeter, 
Corporal, 


Joseph  Warner, 
William  Hubbaril, 
Luther  Stone, 
Chester  Mitchell, 
Thomas  Darling, 
Asa  Cottrell,  Jr., 
Levi  Clapp, 
Nathan  Fuller,  Jr., 
John  Moore, 
Amasa  Putney, 
Simeon  Streeter, 
Daniel  Goodwin, 
Rufus  Meach. 


Privates. 


William  Meach, 
William  Parish, 
Thomas  Lyman, 
Joseph  Jepson,  Jr., 
Abraham  Edward.-, 
Amos  Moore, 
Theodore  Parsons, 
Jacob  Gloyd, 
Ralph  Utley, 
Gershom  House, 
Consider  Pynchon, 
Horace  Packard, 
William  Jones, 
Elisha  Baker,  Jr., 
Hiel  Dunham, 


Moses  Jewell, 

James  Snow,  Jr  , 

Chester  Anable, 

William  Davis,  Jr., 

Quartus  Warner, 

Ephraim  Finney, 

Solomon  P.  Fitch, 

Bela  Mitchell, 

John  W.  Brown, 

William  Knapp, 

Rolin  Foote, 

Rufus  Cottrell, 

Timothy  Hall, 

George  Kingsley, 

Nathan  A.  Wilder,  saddler. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  95 


CHAPTER  VIII. 
The  War  of  the  devolution. 

The  records  of  the  town,  incorporated  as  it  was  so  near  the 
close  of  the  war,  show,  of  necessity,  but  little  of  the  real  amount  of 
burden  borne  by  the  inhabitants  during  the  great  contest  for  liberty. 
But  the  account  of  the  votes  of  the  town  given  in  a  former  chapter 
show  that  the  town  was  not  remiss  in  doing  its  whole  duty. 

Some  of  the  men  who  were  drafted  for  the  army,  had  the  choice  of 
going  in  jDerson,  or  providing  substitutes,  or  paying  a  fine,  which 
varied  in  amount  as  the  war  progressed  and  the  paper  money  depre- 
ciated. Benjamin  Abel)  was  notified  May  19,  1777,  by  Lieut.  Wil- 
liam White,  that  he  was  drafted,  and  on  the  next  day  paid  ten 
pounds  as  his  fine  for  a  discharge  till  January  10,  1778.  June  25, 
1779,  Nathaniel  Abell  paid  a  ftne  of  forty  five  pounds  to  William 
White,  Captain,  for  a  release  for  nine  months.  June  25,  1780, 
Joshua  Abell  paid  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  to  Paul  King, 
Lieut.,  having  been  drafted  for  six  months. 

There  is  no  authentic  record  of  the  names  of  a// who  went  from 
this  town  into  the  army,  but  the  list  of  minute  men  who  marched  on 
the  Lexington  alarm  has  been  given,  and  the  original  papers  are  in 
possession  of  Wm.  H.  Webster,  grandson  of  the  captain. 

A  brief  account  of  the  services  of  several  of  the  veterans,  gathered 
from  their  own  statements  and  from  other  sources  must  supply  the 
lack  of  records. 

Joshua  Abell  was  at  the  battle  of  Bennington,  aiid  after  the 
fighting  was  over  came  near  losing  his  life.  A  stray  bullet  struck 
his  gun  barrel  with  which  he  was  marching,  just  over  his  heart,  and 
glanced  off  leaving  him  unhurt.  The  gun  is  an  heir-loom  in  the 
family  of  the  late  Capt.  George  Abell,  and  the  indentation  made  by 
British  lead,  is  still  to  be  seen.  The  same  gun  was  also  in  service  in 
the  war  of  18 12.     Abell  was  at  Burgoyne's  surrender. 


96  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Christopher  Banister  became  a  captain,  and  had  command  of  a 
company  thai  were  sent  to  watch  the  British,  while  at  New  York  and 
Long-  Island.  He  afterwards,  before  the  close  of  the  war,  attained 
the  rank  of  JVLijor.  Ezra  May,  as  Major,was  with  Banister,  and  was 
afterward  at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne,  being  then  Colonel.  He 
returned  home  in  consequence  of  ill  health,  and  died  in  January, 
1778,  at  the  age  of  46. 

Wait  Burk  and  Ezekiel  Thomas  went  into  the  army  from  the 
"  Gore  "  in  1780*.  A  pay  roll  of  "  six  months  men  "  is  on  file  at  the 
State  House  in  Boston,  showing  ihey  were  in  service  from  July  to 
December, 

Asa  Grant,  father  of  the  late  Capt.  John  Grant,  was  out  one  sea- 
son at  Fairfield,  Conn.  He  was  an  expert  at  sharp-shooting. 
While  on  the  Long  Island  coast,  several  sentries  had  been  shot  on 
one  of  our  vessels  by  the  enemy  from  the  opposite  shore.  Grant, 
with  this  knowledge  as  a  caution,  was  directed  to  take  the  place  of 
the  last  sentry  shot.  He  took  his  position  partly  behind  the  mast  of 
the  vessel.  Soon  came  a  bullet  and  struck  the  mast.  Another,  and 
at  length  another  followed.  Grant  had  discovered  the  covert  whence 
they  came.  Taking  good  aim  at  that,  he  fired.  Whether  he  killed 
any  one,  he  never  knew,  but  he  had  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that 
no  more  men  were  shot  off  our  sentry  post  from  that  source. 

William  Hnllock  and  his  son  Moses  went  for  a  term  into  New 
Jersey.  Jeremiah  Hallock  had  two  terms  of  service,  one  of  which 
was  at  Ticonderoga. 

Isaac  Kingman,  John  and  Joseph  Jepson,  Caleb  Bryant,  David 
Stearns,  Jr.,  with  his  brothers  Lemuel  and  John,  served  in  places 
unknown  to  the  writer. 

Major  Josiah  Lyman,  who  lived  in  this  town,  probably  from  about 
1800  till  his  decease  in  1822,  was  an  officer  of  the  Revolution.  He. 
was  then  of  Belchertown,  and  commanded  a  company  in  Col.  Elisha 
Porter's  Regiment  that  went  to  Quebec.  The  town  of  Belchertown 
voted  "  that  in  consideration  of  the  great  hardships  Capt.  Josiah 
Lyman  went  through  in  last  year's  campaign  at  Quebec,  and  also  that 
he  has  been  in  the  war  ever  since,  voted  that  his  poll  and  estate  be 
freed  from  being  taxed  in  this  levy  for  raising  men  to  go  into  the 
continental  service." 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  97 

Timothy  Lyman  was  at  the  taking  of  Ticonderoga,  the  battle  of 
Bennington  and  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne.  At  the  close  of  his 
services,  he  brought  home  a  musket  taken  from  the  British  at  Sara- 
toga, called  a  "  Queen's  arm,"  which  is  now  in  the  possession  of  his 
grandson,  Lieut.  Timothy  P.  Lyman. 

Phineas  Manning,  who  came  from  Stafford,  Conn.,  served  through 
the  whole  war,  was  acquainted  with  Gen.  Washington,  and  had  seen 
him  during  a  battle  ride  between  the  contending  armies,  regardless 
of  danger.  At  the  battle  of  Monmouth,  Manning  was  one  of  the 
participants,  and  suffered  intensely  from  the  heat,  during  that  terrible 
day.  He  went  to  a  spring  of  water  to  slake  his  thirst,  and  there 
found  several  of  his  companions  dead  from  drinking  too  much  cold 
water,  heated  and  thirsty  as  they  had  been.  He  was  at  the  battle 
of  White  Plains,  wintered  in  Virginia,  was  at  the  taking  of  Cornwal- 
lis,  and  was  on  the  vanguard  that  covered  the  artillery  at  the  battle 
of  Trenton.     He  received  from  Gen.  Washington  a  "badge  of  merit." 

The  "badge  of  merit,"  was  an  honorary  badge  of  distinction 
established  by  Gen.  Washington  in  August,  1781,  and  was  conferred 
upon  non-commissioned  officers  and  soldiers  who  had  served  "  three 
years  with  bravery,  fidelity  and  good  conduct,"  and  also  upon  every 
one  who  should  perform  any  singularly  meritorious  action.  The 
badge  entitled  the  recipient  "to  pass  and  repass  all  guards  and  mil- 
itary posts,  as  fully  and  amply  as  any  commissioned  officer  what- 
ever." His  widow  received  apension  in  consideration  of  his  services, 
and,  it  is  believed,  was  the  last  of  the  Revolutionary  pensioners  in 
this  town. 

James  Orcutt  was  stationed  for  a  time  at  West  Point.  He  was  in 
command  of  the  guard  at  the  great  chain  across  the  Hudson  0^1  the 
night  when  the  troops  of  Washington  came  to  take  possession  of  the 
■place,  on  the  treachery  of  Arnold.  Orcutt  had  learned  nothing  of 
the  Arnold  defection,  and  challenged  the  approaching  column.  But 
they  were  too  intent  on  securing  Arnold,  to  notice  challenges,  and 
rushed  by  without  note  or  comment, 

Caleb  Packard,  son  of  Joshua,  at  the  age  of  17  was  at  the  taking 
>of  Burgoyne.      He  drew  a  pension  in  the  latter  years  of  his  life. 


98  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

Maj.  Ambrose  Stone  served  under  Gen.  Ward  at  Boston,  and  under 
Arnold  at  Lake  Champlain.  When  the  British  vessels  on  the  lake 
attacked  our  vessels  and  drove  them  ashore, most  of  the  men  escaped 
in  boats.  Maj.  Stone  and  several  others,  when  the  British  gave  up 
the  chase,  were  in  a  boat  some  two  miles  distant.  A  round  from  a 
cannon  ricocheted  over  them,  which  the  enemy  sent  as  a  parting  sa- 
lute. Before  they  left  the  larger  vessels,  several  of  our  men  were 
killed  in  the  action.  Maj.  Stone  was  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga  when 
Butgoyne  surrendered.  At  one  time  during  the  battle  the  smoke 
suddenly  cleared  away  and  he  found  himself  standing  face  to  face 
with  the  enemy — alone — his  own  men  having  retreated  under  cover 
of  the  adjoining  wood.  The  Major  discharged  his  musket,  leaped  a 
rail  fence  and  escaped.  He  spent  the  winter  at  Valley  Forge  under 
Gen.  Washington,  whom  he  often  saw  while  there.  When  asked  if 
the  likeness  of  Washington  ^ave  a  correct  idea  of  his  appearance,  he 
said  he  never  saw  a  likeness  that  did  full  justice  to  him.  The  statue 
of  Washington  in  the  State  House  at  Boston,  he  regarded  as  the 
closest  resemblance  to  him  of  anything  he  ever  saw. 

Abiathar  VintDn  was  in  the  army  for  a  short  time,  but  disliking  that 
kind  of  life,  Levi  Vinton  took  his  place  and  subsequently  drew  a  pen- 
sion. 

Zebulon  Willcut  was  in  service  nineteen  months.  He  was  engaged 
in  several  skirmishes  with  the  enemy  in  Rhode  Lsland  and  at  Ticon- 
deroga.      During  the  latter  years  of  his  life  he  received  a  pension. 

Isaac  Walker  was  with  our  army  in  Canada.  He  was  there  taken 
with  small  pox,  and  before  recovering,  our  troops  were  compelled  to 
retreat  and  leave  him  to  the  tender  mercies  of  the  enemy  and  of  his 
terrible  disease.  He  was  never  heard  of  again.  Polly  Walker,  his 
dauglrter,  was  long  a  town  pauper.  His  residence  was  on  the  road 
toward  Chesterfield,  befyond  the  Capt.  Webster  place. 

Thomas  Weeks,  a  Lieutenant  in  1775,  marched  from  Greenwich, 
where  he  then  resided,  April  20,  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  in  command 
of  part  of  a  company,  "in  defense  of  the  liberties  of  America" — as  it 
was  expressed  on  the  pay  roll  of  his  men.  He  was  at  camp  Roxbury 
later  in  the  year.  He  served  as  paymaster  and  in  other  positions  of 
importance.  He  left  many  papers  relating  to  the  affairs  of  his  time 
and  several  journals.  One  of  these,  relating  to  events  occurring  in 
1776,  in  Boston  harbor,  is  worthy  of  preservation. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  99 

''Lieut.  Thomas  WceliS  Journal  for  the  present  canqjaign,  after  ar- 
riving at  Boston,  June  4,  1776. 

Took  barracks  on  Winter's  wharf,  where  we  tarried  till  tlie  13th,  when  we  were 
ordered  to  embark  on  board  of  sloojis  and  fiat  bottomed  boats  for  Hull,  or  Nantas- 
ket,  Point  Alderton,  &c.,  opposite  George's  Island  and  the  lighthouse.  It  being 
about  sunset  when  we  left  Boston,  the  wind  and  the  tide  did  not  serve  us  till  we  got 
to  our  journey's  end,  which  caused  us  to  toil  all  night  on  the  mighty  waters.  A 
little  after  sunrise  of  the  14th  we  sailed  by  the  fleet,  within  gun  shot  of  the  Commo- 
dore's ship,  and  landed  under  cover  of  a  hill  on  Nantasket  Point,  with  about  20»  of 
Col.  Whitney's  regiment.  The  same  evening  there  went  a  detachment  on  to  the 
head  of  Long  Island  opposite  to  us.  Soon  after  landing  they  ci)mmenced  firing  on 
the  ships,  :ind  soon  bored  the  Commodore's  through  the  stern.  The  ships,  being 
14  sail,  weighed  anchor  and  put  about  in  order  to  depart,  but  kept  up  meanwhile  an 
incessant  fire  upon  us. 

"Although  the  cannon  balls  came  among  us  in  great  plenty  and  very  near  many  of 
us,  yet  a  righteous  God  suffered  none  of  them  to  harm  us.  About  12  o'clock  the 
fleet  liad  towed  along  out  ab)Ut  a  mile  and  a  half  and  lay  alongside  the  lighthouse, 
out  of  reach  of  our  battery  0:1  L'iti-^  Island.  By  this  time  we  had  our  cannon 
mounted  on  an  eminence  near  Point  Alderton,  and  after  hring  several  shots  at  the 
enemy  set  fire  to  the  lighthouse  and  blew  it  up.  They  hoisted  sail,  gave  us  one  shot 
from  the  Commodore,  and  made  their  departure.  By  this  time  we  were  reinforced 
by  a  large  body  of  miliiia  and  other  troops,  and  being  in  sight  of  the  departing  ene- 
my, with  one  voice  we  gave  three  cheers.  Truly,  where  is  there  an  Americim  son  of 
liberty  who  will  not  join  in  acclamations  at  the  thought  that  America  h.is,  by  force 
and  arms,  under  God,  repealed  the  Boston  Port  Bill,  the  fourteenth  of  June,  1776, 
which,  by  an  act  of  British  Parliament,  took  place  June  14,  1774.  May  God  grant 
the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  may  ever  have  occasion  to  commemorate  this  14th  of 
June,  1776. 

"June  16,  Sunday  morniiig.  A  ship  and  a  brig  of  the  enemy  were  discovered  off 
the  Sound,  engaged  with  our  privateers.  About  sunset  the  ship  and  brig  came  in 
and  lay  alongside  of  our  battery,  the  privateers  behind  them.  We  fired  upon  the 
brig,  as  she  was  nearest,  which  soon  struck  to  us,  and  sent  on  shore  a  captain  of  a 
Highland  company  which  was  on  board.  We  called  to  her  to  send  her  master  on 
shore,  but  it  being  now  dark,  she  got  off  and  made  after  the  ship,  which  then  had  got 
to  George's  Island,  and  being  ignorant  of  the  departure  of  the  fleet  before,  and  now 
being  Jealous  they  were  in  a  trap,  were  making  round  George's  Island  in  order  to 
flee  out.  By  this  time  our  privateers  came  up  with  them,  and  were  reinforced  by 
the  Connecticut,  a  brig  of  16  guns,  which  came  up  within  musket  shot  ef  the  ship. 
It  being  about  10  o'clock,  and  very  dark,  a  very  warm  engagement  followed  with 
cannon  and  small  arms,  which  lasted  an  hour  and  a  quarter,  when  the  ship  and  brig 
struck;  the  firing  ceased,  and  three  cheers  were  given  by  the  privateers.  The  cap- 
tured vessels  had  about  180  Highlanders  on  board.  The  ship  had  one  Major,  and 
several  killed;  the  privateers,  four  w©unded. 

"June  18.  Another  ship  hove  in  sight  and  fired  a  signal  gun.  Our  privateers  be. 
ing  then  in  the  road  answered  her.  The  ship  came  up,  a  privateer  fired  a  gun  at  her 


100  HISTOIiY  OF  GOSHEN. 

bow,  another  at  her  stern,  when  she  surrendered  without  firir.g  a  gun.     She  had  on 
board  looo  Highlanders. 

"Sunday,  June  23,  still  at  Hull.  Discovered  in  the  Bay  about  10  sail  heading  to- 
wards us.  24th.  The  fleet  lay  in  sight  and  cruising  in  the  bay.  25th.  The  fleet 
made  up  almost  to  Nantasket  Road  near  the  lighthouse.  They  sent  a  boat  on 
shore  at  the  light,  which  was  out  of  our  reach,  but  immediately  put  on  board  again. 
The  fleet  then  made  about,  luffed  their  sails  and  lay  to.  The  next  day  they  bore 
away  toward  Marblehead.  June  27th.  One  of  the  ships  returned  to  the  light, 
(where  our  people  had  erected  a  mast  in  place  "jf  the  lighthouse,  and  put  a  lamp 
and  flag  on  the  top,)  and  sent  a  number  of  their  barges  and  took  the  lamp  and  flag 
and  proceeded  to  Great  Brewster,  an  eminence  opposite  Nantasket,  where  were  a 
number  of  people  making  hay,  on  which  the  people  ran  to  us  and  had  slielter.  The 
barge  crew  then  returned  to  the  ship,  whe;)  tiieyall  made  off  and  returned  nr  more. 

"July  I.  Went  to  Boston,  and  on  the  way  went  on  board  the  Cloimecticut  brig, 
where  we  were  courteously  treated.  The  next  day  returned  on  a  sloop.  A  storm 
came  up  on  our  passage,  with  thunder,  wind  and  rain.  We  were  in  some  danger, 
but  by  Divine  goodness  we  arrived  -;,fe  the  same  evening, 

*'J"^y  3"     Azor   Smith,  a  soldier  in  our  company,  in  the  bloom  of  youth,  departe<' 
this  life,  I  ho;-    for  a  better.     God  grant  it  may  be  sanctified  to  his  survi'  ing  friend 
and  to  this  comp.-my. 

"Sunday,  July  8.      This  day  came  in  a  brig  taken  by  the    privateers,  her    loadin,v 
about  300  hogsheads  of  rum.       We  hear  also  that  a  ship  of  about  600  toii'^   hnvilir 
was  carried  into  Salem  with  570  hogsheads  of  sugar." 

In  March,  1777,  he  was  at  Ticonderoga,  -nd  leiriainer'  iiil  us 
evacuation  by  our  own  troops,  on  the^  night  of  Jul\^  5.  Me  lelt  an 
account  of  his  losses  of  property  in  that  disastrous  retreat,  whicli 
were  considerable  in  ainount,  expecting  that  the  government  wou](i 
eventually  make  his  losse^-  .?;ood.  But  his  expen  :i,Liors  were  not 
realized, 

March  28,  1777,  he  wri'  ^  ^  leiter  from  Ticondero*;^,  to  his  wife  at 
Greenwich,  which  contairi^  some  items  of  interest  concerning  the 
affairs  of  that  day.      He  says  : 

"  There  is  a  post  thai  ..ones  by  Capt.  Dwight's  in  Belchertown  every  week,  so 
that  they  may  send  to  us  any  time.  We  had  a  sleigh  come  up  with  us  all  the  way, 
but  very  expensive.  We  are  to  be  paid  for  it,  however.  The  paymaster  has  not 
arrived,  and  I  have  not  received  a  farthing  yet.  Elijah  (his  son)  is  well,  well  con- 
tended, and  lives  as  well  as  at  home.  We  live  with  the  Major  in  a  good  barrack, 
have  g©od  pork  and  beef,  good  bread  and  peas,  and  sometimes  beans  that  grew  in 
Greenwich.  We  have  but  few  troops  here  yet,  but  expect  more  daily.  The 
Indians  are  about  us.  They  have  killed  four  men  and  taken  20  more  prisoners.  I 
am  much  exposed,  being  constantly  in  camp." 

William  White,  who  went  in  Capt-.  Webster's  company  to  Dorches- 
ter, does  not  appear  to  have   had    at  this  time  a  long  service   in  the 


HISTORY    OF    G0SHE:N^.  101 

army.  When  he  returned  home  from  Dorchester,  he  brought  several 
large  folio  volumes  of  "  Flavel's  Works,"  in  his  knapsack,  taken 
from  the  Light  House  captured  by  our  troops  from  the  British,  which 
are  still  retained  by  his  descendants.  In  June,  1780,  he  went  as 
delegate  to  the  Provincial  Congress  from  the  town  of  Chesterfield, 
and  his  bill,  rendered  to  the  town  for  services  and  expenses  in  that 
capacity,  serve  to  ^how  the  state  of  the  currency  at  that  time.  The 
charges  are: — 

15  days'  attendance $36   per  day. 

Expenses  8  days 25  " 

Horse-keeping  9  dnys 10  " 

Horse  1 1 2   miles : 2  per  mile. 

Expenses  on  road 97 

But  the  depreciation  soon  became  much  j^rcater,  so  that  a  certain 
soldier  in  returnin.s:  hosrie  paid  ^80  of  it  for  his  breakfast.  This 
currency,  knov^n  as  "Continental  money,"  was  made  of  thick,  strong 
paper,  2  lo  3  inches  square,  containing  on  one  side  the  following 
(varying  for  different  amounts)  : 

"This  Bill  entitles  tlie  Bearer  to  receive  One  Spanish  milled  Dol- 
lar, or  the  value  thereof,  in  Gold  or  Silver,  according  to  a  Resolu- 
tion of  CoNGt^jESS,  passed  at  Philadelphia^  November  2,  1776."  On 
the  other  side  was  printed,  "One  Dollar — Philadelphia.  Printed 
by  Hall  and  Sellers,  1776,''  A  few  specimens  of  this  currency  are 
occasionally  found  among  the  older  families  residing  in  the  town. 

The  value  of  twenty  shillings  in  paper  money,  January  i,  1777,  was 
19  shillings;  in  January,  1778,  6  shillings;  in  January,  1779,  3  shil- 
lings; in  Januar}^  1780,  8  pence;  in  January,  i78r,  3  pence.  This 
town  and  others  in  this  vicinity,  at  a  little  later  date,  appear  to  have 
been  almost  unanimously  in  favor  of  paper  currency  ;  on  the  contrary 
Lexington  instructed  its  representative  to  oppose  the  emission  of  any 
paper  money.  Experience  shows  that  when  a  dollar  in  paper  will 
purchase  a  dollar  in  gold,  the  paper  is  generally  preferred.  When  a 
dollar  in  paper  will  not  purchase  a  dollar  in  gold,  it  quickly  goes 
into  the  category  with  "rags." 

It  has  been  mentioned  that  a  portion  of  the  prisoners  taken  upon 
the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  passed  through  the  town  under  guard,  on 
their  way  to  Boston.     The  late  C-apt.  John  Grant,  then  a  lad  of  six 


102  HISTORY  OF  goshe:n^. 

or  seven  years,  remembered  seeing  them  pass  his  father's  house. 
There  were  not  tar  from  two  hunclre<l  of  them.  There  were  several 
women  with  ihem,  riding  on  horses.  Another  portion  of  the  pris- 
oners passed  through  Chesterfield.  Quite  a  number  of  them 
deserted  and  remained  in  these  towns.  One,  by  the  name  of  Hughes, 
built  a  log  house,  married,  and  lived  for  many  years  on  land  belong- 
ing lo  the  heirs  of  Levi  Barrus,  which  still  retains  the  appellation  of 
"Hughes'  Lot."  Daniel  Brown,  who  had  served  in  our  army,  was 
once  relating  to  Hughes  the  circumstance  of  his  practising  as  a  sharp- 
shooter, upon  the  British  troops  at  a  certain  place.  Hughes  recol- 
lected the  event,  and  told  Brown  that  one  of  his  shots  took  effect 
and  seriously  wounded  a  companion  of  his. 

The  father  of  James  and  Daniel  Prince,  known  for  some  years  as 
tho  oldest  twins  in  the  United  States  was  another  deserter.  He 
married  a  daughter  of  James  Packard  of  this  town. 

An  aged  citizen  of  the  town  a  few  years  ago  repeated  the  following 
old  song  learned  in  his  boyhood,  which  belongs  to  the  literature  of 
the  Revolution.  Some  wag  of  those  times  made  the  British  troops 
say: 

'Twas  on  the  fourteenth  clay  of  May 

When  we  set  sail  for  America. 

'Twas  in  the  dark  and  dismal  times  ♦ 

When  we  set  sail  for  the  northern  climes. 

»  Our  drums  did  b^tat  and  trumpets  sound 

As  unto  Boston  we  were  bound, 
And  wheu  to  Boston  we  were  come 
We  thought  to  beat  a  British  drum — 
To  drive  those  rebels  from  their  place, 
And  fill  their  hearts  with  sore  disgrace. 
But  to  our  sorrow  and  surprise 
We  saw  them  like  grasshoppers  rise  ; 
We  saw  those  brave  Columbian  sons 
Spread  death  and  slaughter  from  their  guns. 
They  fought  like  heroes  much  in  rage, 
Which  did  affright  old  General  Gage. 

In  1782,  the  King  of  Great  Britain,  dissatisfied  probably  with  the 
conduct  of  the  war  in  America,  changed  his  ministry.  A  witty  critic 
put  the  fact  into  rhyme  and  pointed  it  with  a  suggestion  that  our 
people  would  be  likely  to  appreciate.  The  following  verse  contains 
the  chief  point : 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  103 

The  King  in  a  pet,  his  affairs  all  deranged, 
Has  at  last  his  unmercifu]  ministers  changed  ; 
Brave  news,  quoth  the  Congress  ;  but  better  would  be 
Had  the  King,  when  he  changed  them,  ofuitied  the  c. 

The  War  of  1812. 

The  details  of  the  action  of  the  town  and  its  military  record  during 
this  war  has  already  been  given  on  pages  26-7-8.  The  name  of 
another  soldier  may  be  added  to  the  lisi.  John  Manning,  son  of 
Phinehas,  enlisted  and  served  through  the  war.  He  received  a 
wound  which  so  far  disabled  him  that  he  was  pensioned  for  life. 

It  is  doubtful  whether  any  family  in  the  country  can  show  a  better 
war  record  than  this  family  of  Mannings.  Phinehas,  the  pioneer, 
served  through  the  entire  war  of  the  Revolution.  This  son  JoJin 
served  through  the  war  of  1812.  Geo.  W.  Manning,  brother  of  John, 
sent  five  sons  and  a  son-in-law,  the  husband  of  his  only  daughter,  to 
•the  defence  of  the  country  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  of  whom  an 
account  is  given  under  the  next  caption.  Mr.  Manning  lived  to 
about  four  score  years  of  age,  and  for  many  years  was  very  appro- 
priately brevetted  by  his  neighbors  with  the  title  of  ''General."  The 
family  have  always  been  among  the  most  peaceable  citizens  of  the 
town,  and  would  from  that  fact  seem  unlikely  to  be  among  the  "first 
in  war." 

The  Great  BehelUon. 

The  town  fulfilled  its  share  in  the  work  of  crushing  the  Great 
Rebellion,  with  commendable  promptness  and  fidelity.  The  whole 
amount  of  money  paid  out  for  bounties  and  substitutes  was 
$5,440.  The  whole  number  of  soldiers  assigned  to  the  town,  as  its 
share  of  the  quota  raised,  was  41.  Of  these,  30  were  citizens  of  the 
town.  Charles  Barrus,  Gershom  Damon,  Warren  Ball,  Frederick  S. 
Billings  and  Spencer  Tilton  furnished  substitutes  ;  six  other  persons 
were  procured  from  abroad,  through  agents,  one  representative 
recruit  was  obtained,  and  two  of  the  soldiers  re-enlisted,  making  a 
total  furnished  by  the  town  of  47 — 6  more  than  was  required  to  fill 
its  quota. 

One  of  the  first  persons  to  enlist  from  the  town,  and  that  without 
bounty,was  Timothy  P.  Lyman,  son  of  Capt.  Francis, who  enlisted  in  the 


104  HISTORY    OF  GOSHEN. 

ist  Massachusetts  Cavalry,  Co.  E,  in  August,  1861.  He  left  camp, 
at  Readville  in  December,  with  a  portion  of  the  regiment  that  went 
to  Hilton  Head,  S.  C.  Thence  he  went  to  Virginia  in  August,  1862. 
At  the  battle  of  Aldie,  June  17,  1863,  with  some  eighty  others,  he 
was  taken  prisoner  and  sent  to  Richmond.  After  a  residence  of 
about  a  month  in  Libby  Prison  and  at  Belle  Isle,  he  was  paroled  and 
returned  within  the  northern  lines.  Being  with  others  declared 
exchanged  by  the  President's  order,  by  reason  of  Gen.  Pemberton's 
(rebel)  army  violating  their  parole,  he  again  returned  to  the  service,, 
and  was  in  most  of  the  battles  in  which  the  regiment  was  engaged  in 
the  army  of  the  Potomac,  never  receiving  a  wound,  though  his  cloth- 
ing was  badly  cut  by  bullets  on  several  occasions.  He  re-enlisted  in 
February,  1864,  receiving  from  the  town,  for  the  first  time,  a  bounty 
of  $125.  He  attained  the  rank  of  1st  Lieutenant  and  was  Quarter- 
master of  his  regiment. 

George  F.  Tilton,  son  of  West,  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  ist  Mass.  Caval- 
ry, Aug.  4,  1862.  He  had  entered  Amherst  college,  but  believing  he- 
owed  a  duty  to  his  country  which  could  only  be  discharged  by  serving 
in  the  army,  he  cheerfully  acquiesced.  He  proved  a  good  soldier,, 
served  as  orderly  for  Gen.  Stoneman  in  his  grand  raid  toward  Rich- 
mond, at  the  time  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  was  raging,  and  was, 
afterwards  wounded  in  the  hip  by  a  pistol  ball,  while  attempting  t-o 
rescue  a  comrade  from  capture  in  one  of  the  skirmishes  under  Gen. 
Meade  which  proved  fatal.  He  died  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  Dec.  21,. 
1863,  at  the  age  of  23.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Westficld,  Normal 
School. 

Lorin  Barrus  and  Alvan  Barrus,  sons  of  Levi,  enlisted  in  the  same 
regiment,  Co.  B,  at  the  same  time  with  young  Tilton.  They  were  but- 
little  with  the  regiment,  the  former  being  ©n  detached  duty  at  the  di- 
vision headquarters,  at  Warrenton,  City  Point,  and  other  places. 
The  latter,  finding  his  health  not  equal  to  his  patriotism,  was  reluct-- 
antly  compelled  to  abandon  field  for  hospital  service.  He  was  at 
Patterson  Park  and  the  Marine  Hospitals  in  Baltimore  for  nearly  two 
years,  serving  at  the  latter  place  as  hospital  steward.  He  was  with 
his  regiment  for  two  months  before  their  discharge,  and  was  in  sev_. 
era!  skirmishes.  While  on  picket  duty  on  the  Weldon  railroad,  a  ball- 
passed  through  a  portion  of  his  clothing,  but  he  escaped  without  a. 
wound. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  105 

At  another  time,  while  stopping  for  a  few  moments  to  put  the  lock 
of  his  niusi<et  in  working  order,  a  ball  from  the  rifle  of  some  unseen 
rebel  sharp-shooter,  struck  the  stump  on  which  his  musket  rested. 

Joseph  Beals,  son  of  Dexler,  a  descendant  of  the  "Mountain  Mil- 
ler," (unlisted  with  those  last  named,  Co.  F.,  and  was  chiefly  on 
detached  service,  away  from  his  regiment. 

Geo.  Austin  Abell,  son  of  Capt.  George,  a  native  of  this  town,, 
enlisted  from  Conway  into  the  ist  Massachusetts  Cavalry.  He  was 
taken  prisoner  with  several  others,  and  marched  for  several  days 
toward  Richmond.  He  and  a  comrade  managed  to  escape  from  their 
captors  under  cover  of  night,  and  after  an  absence  of  about  ten  days 
reached  our  lines  in  safety. 

Henry  Parsons,  son  of  Theodore,  residing  in  Ashfield.  belonged 
to  Co.  H.,  loth  regiment,  one  of  the  first  to  enlist,  was  wounded  in 
the  arm  at  Fair  Oaks.  He  states  that  many  of  his  comrades  in  that 
battle  fired  about  thirty  rounds  at  the  enemy,  though  himself,  not 
choosing  to  fire  unless,  as  at  an  old-fashioned  squirrel  hunt,  he  could 
bring  down  his  game,  discharged  his  musket  only  about  a  dozen 
times.  He  was  in  nearly  all  the  battles  in  which  the  army  of  the 
Potomac  were  engaged,  including  Malvern  Hill,  the  seven  days' fight, 
Yorktown,  South  Mountain,  Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellors- 
ville,  Gettysburg,  Mine  Run,  and  the  Wilderness. 

Augustus  A.  Manning  (better  known  in  the  regiment  as  "  Old 
Goshen,"  a  complimentary  title,)  son  of  George  W.,  and  grandson  of 
the  veteran  Phineas,  of  revolutionary  memory,  belonged  to  Co.  C, 
lath  regiment,  was  another  of  the  few  who  enlisted  without  bounty, 
and  was  with  the  regiment  for  three  years  and  in  twenty-nine  battles 
and  skirmishes.  He  was  wounded  once  only,  at  Fair  Oaks,  but  did 
not  leave  the  field.      He  served  as  Sergeant  of  his  companv. 

George  P.  Manning,  son  of  George  W.,  of  Co.  C,  21st  regiment, 
was  wounded  with  a  rifle-ball  while  gallantly  defending  a  masked 
battery,  in  the  Cypress  Swamp,  on  Roanoke  Island,  in  the  battle  of 
February  8,  1862,  under  Burnside.      He  died  February  16,  aged  22. 

John  H.  Manning  and  Joel  D.  Manning,  sons  of  George  W., 
enlisted  in  the  31st  regiment,  Co.  C,  and  went  to   Ship  Island,  where 


106  HISTORY    or    GOSHEN^. 

both  sickened  and  the  former  died  at  the  age  of  20.  The  latter  was 
discharged  for  disability,  but  recovering  his  health,  he  re-enlisted 
September  2,  1864,  in  Co.  A,  ist  Heavy  Artillery,  and  was  in  the 
battle  of  Hatcher's  Run,  October  27. 

William  Manning,  son  of  George  W.,  enlisted  iti  the  20th  regiment, 
vv^as  in  two  battles,  wounded  in  each,  the  last  time  at  one  of  the  bat- 
tles of  the  Wilderness,  losing  a  leg  by  an  explosive  rifle  ball. 

James  B.  Taylor,  son-in-law  of  George  W.  Manning,  enlisted  in 
Co.  A,  I  St  Heavy  Artillery,  was  taken  prisoner  at  Hatcher's  Run 
and  paroled. 

Lyman  F.  Rice,  son  of  Fordyce,  same  company  with  Taylor  and 
was  with  him  taken  prisoner,  and  returned  home  under  parole. 

Anson  W.  Godfrey,  ssn  of  Henry  T.,  belonged  to  the  same  com- 
pany, and  was  killed  by  a  solid  shot  in  the  battle  of  Boydton  Plank 
Road,  October  27.  He,  with  the  last  named  three,  had  enlisted 
early  in  September,  and  had  been  only  a  few  days  in  the  army  at  the 
time  he  was  killed. 

Levant  and  Leroy  Phelps,  Co,  D,  1st  Heavy  Artillery,  enlisted  in 
December,  1863,  and  were'  in  several  battles.  Leroy  was  wounded 
April  I  and  died  April  11. 

Abner  Phelps,  father  of  the  above,  was  in  Co.  I,  52d  regiment, 
and  went  to  New  Orleans  December,  1862.  The  regiment  was  mus- 
tered out  of  service  August  14,  1863,  having  returned  August  3d. 
Mr.  Phelps  died  September  ist,  of  disease  contracted  in  the  service. 

Horace  H.  Packard,  Co.  H,  29th  regiment,  was  detailed  for  some 
time  as  a  carpenter  at  Fortress  Monroe,  but  was  afterwards  with  his 
regiment  and  took  part  in  many  of  the  stirring  scenes  through  which 
it  passed. 

Joseph  H.  Dawes,  son  of  Dryden,  enlisted  in  the  105th  regiment, 
N.  Y.  Vols.,  and  had  an  honorable  record,  serving  for  some  time  as 
Orderly  for  his  Colonel. 

Charles  H.  Dawes,  son  of  Dryden,  Co.  B,  32d  regiment,  re-enlisted 
after  his  first  term,  and  was   four   years  in   the   service.     He  was  in 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  107 

neaii)^  all  the  fighting  for  the  possession  of  Richmond,  twice  slightly 
wouncied,  and  for  four  days  a  prisoner. 

Henry  L.  Naraniore,  son  of  Franklin,  Co.  B,  32d  regiment,  was 
with  his  regiment  till,  in  consequence  of  a  wound,  he  was  detailed 
for  other  duty.  He  was  for  some  time  leader  of  a  hospital  band  at 
Annapolis,  Md. 

Wm.  Lyman  Parsons,  son  of  Willard,  enlisted  and  went  out  with 
the  37th  regiment.  September,  1862.  He  was  detailed  as  teamster, 
first  carrying  the  regiment  supplies,  then  for  the  brigade,  and  finally 
had  charge  of  the  personal  supplies  of  Gen.  Wright,  commander  of 
the  9th  corps. 

John  H.  Bissell,  sOn  of  Benoni  B.,  enlisted  July  23  in  Co.  D,  37th 
regiment.  He  was  in  all  the  severe  battles  in  which  his  regiment 
participated  (15  at  least)  was  twice  wounded,  and  during  his  three 
years'  service  was  in  hospital  only  one  week. 

John  Henry  Godfrey,  son  of  Henry  T.,  belonged  to  Co.  C,  52d 
regiment,  was  with  the  regiment  in  all  its  southern  campaign,  during 
the  full  term  of  its  service. 

Joel  Wing,  son  of  Isaac,  Co.  H,  27ih   regiment,  was   killed   by  the 

explosion  of  shell  in  the  battle  at  Newbern,  N.  C.,  March  14,  1862. 

* 

Timothy  D.  Pierce  enlisted  in  one  of  six  companies  composing 
the  ist  Batallion  Mass.  Vols.,  organized  for  garrison  duty  at  Fort 
Warren,  in  the  fall  of  1861.  Failing  health  obliged  him  to  leave  the 
service  before  the  close  of  the  winter. 

Henry  Putney,  son  of  John,  enlisted  in  the  navy. 

Ansel  A.  Roberts  of  Co.  C,  31st  regiment,  lived  in  town  only  for 
a  short  time  previous  to  enlistment  as  one  of  the  quota. 

Thomas  S.  Holman,  son  of  Rev.  Sidney  Holman,  enlisted  in  1862, 
and  was  in  service  as  assistant-surgeon  for  several  months  at  Carnp 
Day,  North  Cambridge.  Exposure  to  the  vicissitudes  of  camp-life 
produced  an  affection  of  the  lungs,  of  which  he  died  at  Goshen, 
December  7,  1862',  at  the  age  of  28. 


108  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEJS-. 

Frederick  A.  Hubbard,  Co.  F,  52d  regiment  ;  Alexis  R.  Hubbard, 
Co.  E,  34th  regiment;  Calvin  A.  Hubbard,  Co. ,  E,  5ih  Conn.  ;  sons 
of  Hollon  Hubbard,  although  not  accredited  to  the  quota  of  Goshen, 
may  properly  be  considered,  with  a  single  exception  perhaps,  as 
among  the  soldiers  of  the  town.  The  last  named  was  at  the  slaugh- 
ter of  Ball's  Bluff,. and  was  with  Gen.  Sherman  in  his  great  march 
through  the  southern  states. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

Miscellanies. 

The  town  belongs  the  Hoosac  Mountain  System  of  Hitchcock's 
Geology.  The  principal  rocks  are  granite  and  mica  slate.  The 
granite  is  easily  wrought,  and  is  of  superior  quality  for  building  pur- 
poses. The  mica  slate  is  remarkable  for  the  regularity  of  its  stratifi- 
cation. Large  quantities  have  been  quarried  for  flagging,  and  sold  in 
the  neighboring  towns.  Layers  of  almost  any  size  and  thickness  are 
easily  obtained,  with  an  eveness  of  surface  that  renders  it  valuable 
for  many  purposes.  The  best  localities  are  in  the  northwest  part  of 
the  town,  on  lands  of  Hiram  Packard,  Almon  B.  Loomie,  and  T.  L. 
Barrus.  The  layers  of  the  rock  in  this  part  of  the  town  descend 
northerly  at  an  angle  of  25  degrees;  but  at  the  central  part  of  the 
town  the  inclination  is  easterly,  at  an  angle  of  about  45  degrees.  At 
the  south  part  of  the  town  the  dip  of  the  rock  turns  southerly,  while 
in  the  extreme  western  portion  of  the  town  above  Swift  River,  the 
slope  of  the  rock  is  westerly  towards  the  river,  extending  north  and 
south.  These  varying  positions  of  the  over-lyingrock  suggest  to  the  stu- 
dent of  nature  that  much  of  the  territory  of  Goshen,  including  perhaps  a 
portion  of  the  town  of  Chesterfield  has  been,  in  some  immensely  remote 
age,  pushed  up  with  rocks,  from  the  depths  below  through  the  mica  slate 
formation  to  the  surface-position  it  now  occupies.       The  slope  of  the 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHE:Nr.  109 

mica  slate  r«)cks  rests  upon  the  granite  in  sucli  a  manner  that  seems  to 
admit  of  no  other  satisfactory  explanation.  This  theory,  as  all  theo- 
ries should  do,  seems  to  account  for  all  the  known  facts. 

There  is  an  interesting  locality  of  minerals  on  the  farm  of  the  late 
Levi  Barrus,  formerly  known  as  the  "Weeks  Farm."  Specimens  of 
tin  have  been  found  iiere.  The  locality  furnishes  several  varieties  of 
tourmaline,  rose  quartz  and  mica,  spodumene,  Goshenite,  and  many 
other  minerals  of  interest  to  the  student  in  mineralogy.  Hitchcock 
says  of  spodumene,  "Goshen  is  its  most  abundant  locality."  It 
abounds  on  land  of  Geo.  \V.  Manning,  Levi  Barrus,  L.  Stone,  and  in 
other  places.  Hitchcock,  in  referring  to  several  minerals,  including 
Columbite,  which  he  says  is  found  in  two  localities  here,  remarks: 
"Thus  we  find  that  in  this  region  there  exist  several  of  the  rarest 
metals  on  the  globe."  Crystals  of  beryl  are  occasionally  found,  and 
also  specimens  of  lead  ore  in  the  granite  rocks  on  the  "James  Farm." 
In  the  narrow  valley  lying  between  this  farm  and  Goshen  village,  are 
found  in  considerable  quantities  crystals  of  quartz  attached  to 
fragments  of  rocks  that  do  not  appear  to  have  originated  in  this 
vicinity.  They  probably  drifted  here  from  some  foreign  locality,  and 
an  eminent  professor  suggests  they  may  belong  to  the  tin  formation. 
They  were  first  discovered  by  the  writer,  about  20  years  since,  but  he 
has  been  unable  to  trace  them  to  any  satisfactory  origin. 

The  highest  point  of  land  in  the  town  is  More's  Hill,  17 13  feet 
above  the  level  of  the  sea,  and  about  600  feet  higher  than  Mount 
Holyoke,  and  1800  less  than  Saddle  Mountain.  From  the  summit  of 
More's  Hill  can  be  seen  the  mountains  already  named,  and  also  Mt. 
Monadnoc  in  New  Hampshire,  and  Wachusett  in  Worcester  county. 
More  than  30  church-spires  can  be  seen  here  in  a  clear  day.  Am- 
herst college  is  in  full  view.  In  every  direction  a  panorama  of  con- 
siderable extent  and  beauty  meets  the  eye,  and  if  there  was  a  good 
highway  leading  to  the  hill,  it  would  becon»e  a  popular-  resort  for 
summer  recreation. 

The  "Great  Meadow,"  in  the  northerly  part  of  the  town,  referred 
to  as  formerly  being  a  beaver  pond,  was  abandoned  by  the  beavers 
long  before  the  territory  was  occupied  by  wdiite  settlers.  It  is  said 
that  people  from  Hatfield  were  accustomed  to  come  here  and  cut  and 
stack  grass,  which  grew  in  considerable  quantities,  and  in  winter 
drive  out  their  cattle  to  be  fed  by  some  person  left  in  charge  of  them 
while  the  hay  lasted.     Only  a  small  portion  of  the  meadow  is  now  in 


110  HISTORY    OY    G0SHE:N^. 

grass,  and  it  is  generally  covered  by  water  in   the   colder    portiions  of 
the  year. 

The  "Lily  Pond"  was  a  natural  reservoir  of  mire  and  water.  Cat- 
tle cannot  cross  it  in  safety,  and  the  bridge  which  passes  over  it  is 
continually  sinking,  so  as  to  require  repeated  layers  of  logs  and  earth 
to  bring  it  up  to  a  suitable  height  above  the  water,  to  make  traveling 
safe.  Samuel  Olds  lowered  the  outlet  to  this  pond  nearly  twenty 
feet,  hoping  to  drain  out  the  surplus  water  and  reduce  the  land  to  cul- 
tivation, but  without  success.  It  is  said  tiiat  he  invested  the  first 
hundred  dollars  of  the  "James  Fund"  in  this  enterprise. 

The  Reservoir  Pond,  owned  by  the  Hayden  Manufacturing  Co., 
coveis  many  acres  of  what  was#formerly  a  fine  meadow.  The  dam 
was  first  built  about  1840,  but  proving  insufficient  it  was  enlarged  and 
re-bu"'lt  in  1854,  in  a  substantial  manner,  and  at  nn  expense  of  $5,000. 
The  pond  is  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water,  nearly  a  mile  in  length. 

Dresser's  Pond  is  of  similar  extent  to  the  above,  requiring  a  dam 
of  much  smaller  dimensions,  and  furnishes  a  valuable  water      power. 

"IMie  Devil's  Den"  is  a  wild  rocky  gorge  in  the  southeast  pait  of 
the  town,  through  which  Mill  River  flows  after  leaving  the  "Cascade," 
which  in  some  seasons  of  the  year  is  a  waterfall  of  considerable 
beauty.  To  reach  the  "Den,"  it  is  desirable  to  have  the  company  of 
some  person  acquainted  with  the  place.  "To  ayoy  it,"  says  the 
History  of  Conn.  Valley,  "travelers  should  descend  the  bank  with  a 
guide;  travel  down  the  bed  of  the  stream  between  and  under  the 
overhanging  walls  of  granite;  tread  cautiously  along  the  rocks  car- 
peted with  the  beautiful  but  treacherous  moss,  avoiding  if  possible, 
an  unexpected  bath  in  some  deep,  dark  pool." 

The  waters  of  the  eastern  part  of  the  town  pass  through  Mill  river 
to  the  Connecticut,  while  Swift  river,  Stones  brook,  and  others  of  the 
western  part,  flow  into  the  VVestfield.  None  of  these  streams  are  as 
valuable  for  mill  purposes  as  they  formerly  were.  When  the  country 
was  covered  with  forests,  and  the  swamps  and  meadows  wereundrain- 
ed,  evaporation  was  much  less  rapid  than  now,  the  rains  were  retained 
as  if  by  an  immense  sponge,  to  flow  off  gradually.  Now,  the  heavy 
rains  flow  off  rapidly,  the  springs  consequently  receive  a  more  scant 
supply,  and  the  brooks  being  more  exposed  to  the  direct  rays  of  the 
sun,  their  rocky  beds  become  heated,  and  the  evaporation  of  the  pass- 
ing water  is  greatly  accelerated.  The  result  is  that  many  of  the  mill 
brooks  are  not  usually  more  than  about  half  their  former  size. 


HISTORY  OF  goshe:?^.  Ill 

The  population  of  the  town  was  formerly  much  greater  than  at 
present.  Some  of  the  old  people  gave  it  as  being  at  one  time  about 
900,  but  the  decennial  census  does  not  indicate  that  it  ever  reached 
those  figures.  In  1790  it  was  673;  in  iSoo,  724;  in  1810,  662;  in 
1820,  682;  in  1830,.  606;  in  1840,  463;  in  1850,  515;  and  in  i860, 
439.  On  the  street  that  former!}^  led  fiom  ihc  Col.  Lyman  h.ouse 
eastward  to  More's  Hill,  and  from  thence  souihward  !o  Tiiion  sueet, 
there  was  a  considerable  number  of  inhabitants,  and  many  good 
farms.  But  there  is  not  at  present  a  house  standim::  011  the  entire 
route,  and  the  road  has  been  closed  for  manv  \eais.  In  ihe 
southeastern  part  of  the  town,  on  the  old  load  from  Dressc^^i's  m  Wil- 
liamsburgh,  the  old  orchards  and  cellars  indicate  a  formerly  popu- 
lous neighborhoorl,  but  now  there  is  not  a  family  left.  The  reason 
given  for  the  depopulation  of  this  portion  of  the  town,  is  that  Reuben 
Dresser,  the  first  sottler,  being  a  man  of  considerable  means,  bought 
out  "everybody  that  joined  him,"  till  he  had  scarcely  any  neighbors 
within  a  mile.  The  cheap  and  fertile  lands  of  the  West  and  other 
promising  fields  of  enterprise,  have  been  the  chief  motive  power  in 
transferring  so  many  of  the  population  to- other  portions  of  the  coun- 
try. xMuch  of  the  soil  of  the  town  is  naturally  of  superior  quality, 
and  is  capable  of  supporting  a  larger  population  than  the  town  ever 
possessed.  But  it  is  doubtful  whether  the  New  England  towns  will 
be  developed  to  their  full  power,  till  the  West  ceases  to  tempt  her 
enterprising  sons  with  the  offer  of  richer  soils  and  cheaper  acres.  If, 
in  the  long  future,  there  should  come  a  time — and  come  it  will — 
when  all  the  now  uncultivated  lands  of  the  country  shall  become  di- 
vided into  farms,  and  each  farm  shall  find  its  owner,  the  cry  of 
"Westward,  ho!"  will  cease.  The  cheap  lands  then  will  be  the  al- 
most abandoned  lands  of  the  East.  Then  will  be  the  day  when  New 
England  will  begin  to  find  its  real  capabilities.  Cultivated  as  Old 
England  is,  it  may  become  capable  of  sustaining  a  population  like 
that  of  Old  England.  This  "good  time  coming"  may  not  be  so  near 
as  to  encourage  speculators  to  invest  largely  at  present  in  this  kind  of 
property,  nevertheless,  even  "the  wilderness  will  yet  blossom  as  the 
rose." 

The  prices  of  lands  paid  by  the  early  settlers  here,  appear  to  have 
been  very  moderate.  A  hundred  acres  of  some  of  the  best  farms  cost 
less  than  $75.  The  late  Capt.  Grant  states  that  after  the  lands  had 
become  cleared,  their  price  was  much  higher  than  at  present. 


112  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Wages  were  quite  as  low  as  the  prices  of  land.  Four  dollars  a 
month  and  board  are  given  as  the  price  of  ordinary  labor.  Deacon 
Taylor  hired  a  female  teacher,  after  he  came  here  in  177 1,  for  fifty 
cents  per  week,  and  she  boarded  herself.  In  1804,  Maj  Stone  hired 
John  Hayden,  Jr.,  of  Chesterfield,  to  teach  the  school  in  the  north- 
west district,  for  three  months,  (probably)  and  paid  $26  as  wages  for 
the  whole  term.  In  1794,  the  wa^es  of  an  able  bodied  man  per  day 
were  about  fifty  cents,  and  of  a  boy  in  his  teens,  per  month,  about  $3. 
The  price  of  an  ox  at  that  time  is  given  at  $20;  a  live  hog  weighing 
150  pounds,  $4.50;  beef,  3  to  5  cents  per  pound;  wheat,  per  bushel, 
$1.17  to  $1.50;  corn,  60  cents;  flax,  6  cents  per  pound;  shingles,  $1.50 
per  M;  hay,  $6  per  ton;  pasturage  for  cow,  20  cents  per  week;  for 
horse,  42  cents.  In  the  way  of  barter,  a  bushel  of  rye  or  corn  was 
deemed  equivalent  lo  a  day's  work  for  a  man  in  harvest  lime. 

In  ordinary  business  transactions  between  neighbors,  a  frequent 
settlement  of  "book  accounts"  was  customary,  in  accordance  with 
the  oft-repeated  adage,  "Short  accounts  make  long  friends."  Their 
accounts  were  generally  closed  in  this  form: — "Reckoned  and  settled 
all  book  accounts,  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  up  to  this  date,'' 
both  parties  signing  their  names. 

Stone  arrowheads  are  occasionally  found  here,  indicating  the 
former  presence  of  Indians.  In  1840  a  stone  gouge  was  found  on 
the  farm  of  Col.  Stone,  that  evidently  had  been  used  by  them  in 
tapping  the  sugar-maple,  which  formerly  grew  upon  the  land.  Two 
miles  north,  the  fragments  of  one  of  their  stone  kettles,  surrounded 
by  decayed  firebrands,  was  found  several  years  since,  another  proof 
that  Indians  formerly  procured  their  supplies  of  sugar  from  tliis 
vicinity.  Fragments  of  flint  and  arrow-heads  are  found  in  such 
quantities  as  show  that  considerable  time  and  labor  must  have  been 
given  to  making  their  hunting-instruments  in  this  vicinity. 

In  1788,  August  19,  a  tornado  or  hurricane  swept  over  the  central 
and  northern  portions  of  the  town.  Its  course  was  easterly,  not 
circling  like  a  whirlwind,  but  "right  onward,"  leaving  the  trees, 
large  and  small,  prostrate  in  one  direction.  A  person  who  saw  it 
said  the  trees  bowed  before  it  as  if  they  had  been  but  grass.  The 
frame  of  the  Whitman  house  (now  Emmons  Putney's),  just  raised, 
was  demolished  by  it,  and  required  new  timber  in  part  for  its  reerec- 
tion.     Thomas   Brown,  2d,  then   a   boy  of  eight  years,  with   several 


HISTORT    OF    GOSHEN.  113 

companions,  took  refuge  in  the  house  where  he  lived,  to  avoid  the 
flying  rails  and  missiles  with  which  the  air  was  filled.  The  house 
began  to  give  signs  of  yielding,  and  Justin  Parsons,  who  was  present, 
diirposed  of  the  boys  upon  that  side  of  the  house  next  the  wind,  that 
their  weight  might  .keep  it  from  overturning.  "  'J"he  wind  passed  by," 
said  Mr.  Brown,  "  and  all  out-doors  seemed  to  be  in  chaos.''  The 
fences  were  prostrate,  the  cattle  from  the  pasture  running  at  will 
through  the  crops,  and  the  first  business  of  the  men  was  to  build 
temporary  yards  and  gather  their  cattle  into  them.  The  Indian  corn 
was  entirely  broken  down,  and  would  have  been  ruined  had  not  the 
<:orn  been  so  far  ripened  that  the  crop  was  almost  entirely  saved.  In 
after  years  the  corn  was  judged  to  be  early  or  late  as  compared  to 
the  crop  at  the  date  of  the  tornado. 

Another  tornado  following  in  the  track  of  the  other  occurred  early 
in  the  evening  of  August  14,  1834.  Its  path  was  narrow  but  was 
filled  with  ruins.  It  came  with  a  violent  thunder  shower  which  had 
been  gathering  for  several  hours.  The  barns  of  Capt.  Joseph  Nara- 
more,  Hinckley  Williams  and  several  others  were  unroofed.  A  barn 
belonging  to  Willard  Packard  was  leveled  to  the  ground,  the  old 
meeting-house  was  uprooted,  the  Baptist  church  was  moved  several 
inches  upon  its  foundation,  apple  and  sugar  orchards  were  ruined,  and 
much  other  damage  was  done.  Mr.  Cyrus  Stearns  of  this  town,  with 
a  little  grandson,  on  his  way  home  from  Cummington,  was  overtaken 
by  the  tempest  in  the  woods  above  Swift  River  Village,  at  a  point  in 
the  highway  where  it  passes  almost  directly  above  the  river  at  a 
height  of  nearly  seventy  feet.  The  wind  lifted  a  portion  of  the  wagon, 
carrying  the  man  and  boy  over  the  fearful  precipice.  The  boy  fell 
to  the  water,  but  was  taken  out  living,  only  to  die  the  next  day.  Mr. 
Stearns  fell  only  a  portion  of  the  distance  and  was  saved,  though 
severely  injured  by  falling  among  the  trees  that  lined  the  precipice. 
Many  remarkable  escapes  occurred.  A  man  passing  near  Hinckley 
Williams'  house  vvas  thrown  from  his  wagon,  and  his  horse  was  found 
in  a  neighboring  field  which  he  must  have  reached  by  being  carried 
over  two  intervening  fences.  The  man  himself,  a  little  mystified  by 
the  shock,  perhaps,  said  in  relating  the  affair,  that  the  first  thing  he 
kneiv,  he  lay  there  beside  the  wall  senseless  ! 

Reference  is  often  made  by  old  people  to  the  death  of  young  Trues- 
dale,  who  perished  in  a  snow  storm  in  the  early  settlem*int  of  the  ter- 
ritory.     His  father,    Ebenezer  Truesdale,  lived  on  the  James  farm. 


114  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEISr. 

He  had  finished  sugaring  and  went  to  Northampton  to  return  a  bor- 
rowed kettle,  and  carried  a  small  quantity  of  sugar.  On  his  return 
the  snow  fell  in  such  quantities,  although  so  late  in  the  season,  that 
he  lost  his  way  and  wandered. in  the  woods  till  he  sank  exhausted 
and  died.  His  bones  were  found  several  years  after,  on  or  near  land 
now  owned  by  Spencer  TiUon,  by  Thomas  Brown  while  searching 
for  his  cows.  His  foot  struck  the  box  in  which  Truesdale  carried 
his  sugar  and  led  (o  the  discovery  of  his  remains.  In  the  same 
vicinity  a  man  named  Bryant  (grandfather  of  CJapt.  Eli  Bryant  of 
Chesterfield)  perished  on  his  way  through  the  forest  from  Ashfield  to 
Chesterfield.  His  body  also  was  found  by  Dea.  Brown,  some  months 
afterward,  and  was  so  decayed  that  it  was  buried  on  the  spot. 
•  The  winters  o[  1797,  1807-17-27-37-47-57,  were  singularly  alike 
and  remarkable  for  their  mildness.  In  January,  1837,  there  was  so 
little  snow  and  frost  that  some  farmers  ploughed  their  fields. 

Wild  animals  at  the  first  settlement  of  the  town  were  abundant. 
The  depredations  of  wolves  among  sheep  were  frequent  and  severe. 
David  Stearns  lost  nineteen  lambs  by  them  in  a  single  night  :  Thomas 
Weeks  fifteen  at  another  time;  John  Smith  as  many  more,  and  others 
are  nanied  as  suffering  from  tht^  same  cause.  In  1785  three  pounds 
were  paid  by  vote  of  the  town  to  Wm.  Meader  for  killing  a  wolf. 

Deer  were  found  in  considerable  numbers,  and  were  much  valued 
for  thtir  flesh  and  skins.  Deer  Reeves,  annually  chosen  with  other 
town  officers,  were  required  to  prosecute  those  who  killed  deer  con- 
trary to  law  in  those  seasons  of  the  year  when  they  were  not  in  good 
condition  to  be  eaten. 

Catamounts  weie  seldom  found.  A  trapper  from  Northampton 
killed  one  near  Dresser's  Pond,  which  is  the  only  one  known  to  tra- 
dition as  being  taken  here.      Wild  ca's  were  frequent. 

Wild  turkies  were  last  seen  here  about  the  year  jSoo;  the  last  bear 
was  killed  about  1785,  just  below  the  house  of  Col.  Stone.  The  last 
deer,  evidently  a  straggler  from  some  northern  forest,  was  shot  in  the 
winter  of  1^28.  within  thirty  rods  of  the  last  named  place,  by  Mr. 
John  White  of  Williamsburgh.  It  had  been  followed  for  a  day  or  two 
by  the  hunters  and  came  into  the-North  West  district,  passing  between 
Col.  Stone's  house  and  the  bridge  into  the  "  nigger  pasture,"  so- 
called.  He  soon  turned  back  and  went  up  the  sharp  hillock  over- 
looking the  bridi:;e.  Mr.  White,  standing  near  the  bridge,  caught 
sight  of  him  at  the  instant,  and  discharged  his  rifle,  mortally  wound- 


HISTORY    OF    GOSIIEX.  115 

ing  him.  The  deer  turned  and  ran  up  the  river,  plunging  into  the 
water  through  an  opening  in  the  ice  near  the  line  between  the  Stone 
and  Packard  places.  He  was  taken  out  dead,  thrown  upon  a  passing 
load  of  wood,  and  carried  off  in  triumph.  In  passing  the  school- 
house,  the  pupils,  of  whom  the  writer  was  one,  were  given  an  oppor- 
tunity to  see  it — the  first  they  had  ever  seen,  the  last  ever  killed  in 
Goshen. 

A  lynx  of  formidable  proportions  was  c?ught  in  a  trap  and  killed 
sixteen  years  ago  by  Mr.  Moses  Dresser. 

In  the  early  years  of  the  settlement  here,  a  gasig  of  counterfeiters 
carried  on  their  operations  in  this  vicinity.  It  is  said  that  they  had 
a  secret  place  of  resort  among  the  rocks  of  the  forest,  that  still 
stretches  along  the  highway  between  the  house  of  Hiram  Packard 
and  the  top  of  the  hill  eastward. 

Suspicion  fastened  upon  a  person  supposed  to  belong  to  this  gang, . 
and  upon  his  learning  that  his  arrest  was  contemplated,  he  fled  to 
the  woods.  A  light  .snow  in  a  few  days  after  sugj^ested  pursuit,  and 
several  men  >tarriiig  out  for  the  purj^ose  soon  came  Uj)()n  his  track, 
and  soon  after  upon  hiin.  He  evi  lently  co'isidf red  himself  in  a 
desperate  cause  tiiat  wairanied  desperate  nieasures,  and  drawing  a 
circle  in  the  snow  around  him,  he  said,  "'I  will  be  the  death  of  the 
first  man  that  stt-ps  inside  lh..it  line."  One  of  the  parly,  Mr.  Ebene- 
zer  Putney,  in  a  twinkling,  stepped  within  the  line,  put  his  hand  upon 
the  rogue,  saying,  "you  won't  hurt  me,  will  you  .-^ "  Suffice  it  to  say, 
Putney  died  a  natural  death,  several  years  afterwards. 

The  olden  lime  has  many  illustrations  of  conceits,  whims  and 
superstitions  that  were  of  the  parentage  of  the  d.iik  ages.  One  p(^p- 
ular  fallacy  was,  that  hernia  might  be  effectually  cured  by  putting  the 
patient  througli  a  living  ash  tree,  cleft  and  parted  so  widely  as  to 
allow  the  person  to  be  ''  put  through."  The  trees  so  devoted,  were 
not  jiilowcd  to  be  afterward  cut.  down,  lest  the  felling  of  the  tree 
should  be  the  killing  of  the  patient.  An  Irishman  named  King  had 
taken  a  negro  boy  to  bring  up  that  had  trouble  of  the  kind  named. 
The  cleft  tree  remedy  was  recommended  and  tried,  but  unf9rtunately 
at  the  moment  the  boy  was  fairly  wuhin  the  cleft,  the  wedges  that 
kept  it  open  suddenly  came  out,  and  the  collapse  of  the  tree  instantly 
killed  him.  King  left  the  boy  and  ran  for  help,  saying  to  the  first 
man  he  met  :  "Mr.  Dresser,  I've  brought  death  to  Cato,  but  I  niver 
more  thought  to    bring  death  to  Cato   than   I  would  to  yersilf,    sir.'' 


116  HISTORY    OF  GOSHEX. 

The  honest  simjDlieity  of  the  Irishman  saved  him  from  legal  trouble, 
but  his  remedy  for  hernia  never  became  popular  among  his 
neighbors. 

The  first  apple  tree  was  set  out  by  the  wife  of  Capt.  Webster.  He 
brought  it  from  Northampton,  using  it  as  a  riding  stick,  and  with 
much  effort  succeeded  in  making  it  grow.  It  stood  just  north  of  the 
Webster  house.  In  her  old  age,  Mrs.  W.  becoming  deranged, 
often  labored  under  the  delusion  that  she  was  away  from  home,  and 
like  most  people  in  that  condition  sadly  bemoaned  her  imaginary  ab- 
sence. Her  attention  called  to  that  tree  would  immediately  reassure 
and  quiet  her. 

The  first  and  only  slaves  ever  owned  here  belonged  to  James  Pack- 
ard. He  inherited  them  upon  the  death  of  a  relative,  and  took 
measures  for  their  disposal,  preferring  personal  property  of  a  differ-, 
ent  character.  Before  completing  his  negotiations,  however,  Massa- 
chusetts became  a  free  state  and  her  slaves  free  men.  There  were 
nine  of  them,  and  Packard  realized  the  truth  of  the  old  proverb, 
"There's  many  a  slip  'twixt  the  cup  and  the  lip,"  and  long  mourned 
the  mysterious  Providence  that  prevented  his  becoming  a  rich  man 
at  the  poor  negroes'  expense.  Phih'p  Allen,  one  of  the  number,  was 
several  years  a  citizen  of  the  town,  and  lived  near  Maj.  Stone's.  The 
lot  of  land  he  owned  and  occupied,  still  retains  the  name  of  "Nigger 
pasture."  . 

The  Shays'  rebellion  found  sympathy  here,  and  one  man  to  join 
the  insurgents.  Major  Josiah  Lyman,  afterward  a  citizen  of  this 
town,  was  under  Gen.  Shepherd  when  they  met  the  insurgent  troops 
at  Springfield.  His  two  sons,  Aaron  and  Giles  Lyman,  had  charge 
of  and  filed  the  cannon  used  on  the  occasion.  Maj.  Lyman  related 
that  the  order,  on  meeting  the  insurgents,  by  Gen.  Shepherd,  was 
first  given  to  fire  at  their  right,  in  the  hope  of  intimidating  them.  But 
this  having  no  effect,  the  order  was  then  given  to  fire  at  their  left. 
This  also  failing,  the  order  followed,  "Aim  at  their  center,  and  the 
Lord  have  mercy  on  them."  The  result  is  too  well  known  to  need 
repetition.  The  person  from  this  town  who  participated  with  the  re- 
bellious party,  it  is  said,  met  with  a  narrow  escape,  the  men  who  were 
shot  standing  each  side  of  him. 

The  statement  was  made  a  few  years  since,  that  two  young  men 
lost  in  the  woods  travelled  all  night  without  finding  their  way  out.  In 
the  morning  it  was  discovered  that   they  had  travelled  circles  each  a 


HISTORY    OP    GOSHEX.  117 

few  rods  within  the  last,  which  is  the  usual  experience  of  persons  in 
similar  circumstances.  This  is  a  singular  fact  that  has  not  been  sat- 
isfactorily explained.  The  writer,  in  his  boyhood,  with  a  younger 
brother,  once  undertook  while  blindiolded,  to  cross  in  a  straight  line 
a  large  field  smoothly  covered  with  snow.  Every  attempt  was  a  fail- 
ure, the  path  made  being  an  arc  of  a  circle.  The  divergence  from  a 
straight  line  was  to  the  left.  The  conclusion  drawn  from  this  fact 
was  that  the  right  foot  in  an  unrestrained  movement  makes  a  little 
longer  step  that)  the  left  foot  makes.  If  this  theory  be  correct,  per- 
sons lost,  "turned  around,"  as  it  is  usually  expi^ssed,  would  be  likely 
to  make  their  circuit  in  the  same  direction,  to  the  left  from  a  right 
line. 

A  writer  in  one  of  the  Boston  papers,  referring  to  the  above  fact 
and  its  explanation,  stated  that  the  turning  to  the  left  and  travelling 
in  a  circle  was  confirmed  by  his  observation,  but  he  knew  of  a  single 
exception, — that  of  a  man  lame  in  his  right  leg,  who,  being  lost  in 
the  woods,  travelled  in  a  circle,  but  turned  to  the  right.  The  lame 
leg  seems  to  have  taken  the  shorter  step  and  reversed. the  process  by 
which  the  circle  was  produced. 

It  is  a  popular  belief  that  lightning  will  not  strike  a  beech  tree. 
In  a  thunder  shower  in  this  town  a  few  years  ago  a  beech  and  maple 
standing  near  together,  with  branches  interlocking  each  other, 
received  the  electric  bolt,  which  shattered  the  maple  and  passed  into 
the  earth  through  a  prostrate  hemlock  tree  lying  near,  which  was 
stripped  of  its  bark  nearly  the  whole  length.  No  trace  of  the  light- 
ning was  left  upon  the  beech. 

Friction  matches,  invented  in  1829,  made  their  appearance  in  this 
vicinity  sometime  after  1830,  but  were  not  generally  introduced  for 
several  years  afterwards.  They  were  called,  for  some  unknown  rea- 
son, "locofoco  "  matches,  and  sometimes  "lucifer  "  matches. 

In  1835  the  former  expression  became  the  nick-name  of  a  political 
party.  At  a  meeting  of  the  New  ¥ork  Whigs,  the  Democrats,  in 
order  to  obtain  possession  of  the  hall  where  it  was  held,  blew  out  the 
candles,  and  after  the  Whigs  had  left  the  buildings  relighted  them 
with  these  matches.  Thence  the  name  Locofocg  was  given  to  the 
Democrats,  and  borne  by  them  for  about  thirty  years. 

Before  the  introduction  of  matches  it  was  customary  to  keep  the 
fire  over  night,  by  burying  it  carefully  in  its  place  in  the  heated  ashes. 
A  solid  piece  of  wood,  or  better  still  an  old  drv  hemlock  knot  which 


118  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEX. 

then  abounded  in  the  fields  and  woods,  were  considered  best  for 
preserving  the  fire.  Sometimes  the  fire  would  go  out  during  the 
night,  and  none  be  found  in  the  morning  for  Icindling  another. 
Various  devices  were  resorted  to  for  obtaining  a  new  suppl}'.  The 
tinder  box,  with  its  flint  and  steel  and  stock  of  charred  linen,  called 
"  tinder,^'  and  the  old  time  musket  lock  and  powder,  were  the  most 
available  means  for  producing  the  needed  fire.  A  small  boy,  if 
neighbors  were  not  over  half  a  mile  distant,  was  the  more  popular 
medium  for  obtaining  the  desired  element,  though,  in  justice  to  the 
boy,  it  should  be  saltl,  that  this  method  was  never  popular  with  him 
— it  came  too  ea'rly  in  the  day.  To  get  up  out  of  a  warm  bed  between 
break  of  day  and  sunrise,  on  a  snowy  or  rainy,  or  bitter  cold  morn- 
ing, and  go  for  a  few  coals  of  fire  to  a  distant  neighbor's,  had  little 
romance  or  fun  in  it. 

The  general  introduction  of  stoves  in  those  years,  lacking  as  they 
were  in  fire-keeping  qualities,  made  some  more  expeditious  means  of 
producing  fire  a  necessity,  which  the  invention  of  matches  supplied. 

The  town  has  had  its  due  share  of  fatal   accidents. 

Nahum  Putney,  son  of  Ebenezer  ist,  went  out  to  Ohio  about  1815, 
and  was  drowned  in  Lake  Erie,  while  trying  to  rescue    another  from 
the  same  fate. 
•     James,  son  of  Capt.  Edward  Wing,  was  drowned  Juiie  7,  1797. 

Two  sons  of  George  Stephenson,  Frank  aged  eight,  and  Fred  aged 
ten,  his  only  children,  and  Herbert,  son  of  Henry  T.  Godfrey,  were 
drowned  while  bathing  in  Hawks'  pond,  below  the  Reservoir,  July 
19,  1864. 

H,  Wright  Williams,  a  young  man  of  much  promise,  son  of  Hinck- 
ley, a  member  of  tiie  Junior  class  of  Amherst  College,  was  killed  by 
the  kick  of  a  horse,  August  25,  1864. 

A  Mr.  Eddy,  in  the  employ  of  C.  C.  Dresser,  was  killed  in  a  simi- 
lar manner  several  yeais  before. 

Philip  Willcutt  was  killed  June  19,  1845,  by  the  falling  of  a  tree. 

Ezra  Carpenter  died  May  10,  1863,  in  consequence  of  a  fall  from 
a  hayloft. 

Frederick  Parsons,  son  of  Theodore,  while  temporarily  residing  in 
Williamsburgh,  was  found  dead  in  the  barn,  where,  after  feeding  his 
horse,  he  had  fallen  into  a  deep  manger  in  such  a  manner  that  he 
could  not  extricate  himself. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^.  119 

The  "Burying-ground"  originally  consisted  of  about  two  acres  of 
land,  set  off  from  the  northern  extremity  of  Lemuel  Lyon's  farm;  at 
what  time  is  unknown.  The  first  person  that  was  buried  here  was 
named  Nelson.  The  earliest  death  recorded  upon  any  monument, 
is  that  of  the  first  wife  of  Joshua  Abell,  Aug.  29,  1774-  I"  ^77^  ^^ 
deaths  appear  to  have  occurred.  William  White  lost  three  children 
by  the  black  canker  in  178$,  in  five  days,  and  another  within  the 
month. 

In  1815,  a  fever  of  fatal  type  prevailed  and  numbers  fell  victims 
to  it. 

In  1824,  another  malignant  fever  desolated  many  families.  The 
victims  chiefly  resided  upon  the  west  side  of  the  street  passing 
through  the  center  of  the  town,  while  every  family  upon  the  east  side 
escaped,  without  a  case  of  sickness. 

In  i8o3-4-'3i-'44-'52,  the  scarlet  fever  repeated  its  visits  and  its 
work  of  destruction  among  the  young. 

In  1794  the  town  was  visited,  as  it  previously  had  been  by  the 
small-pox,  and  Abigail,  daughter  of  William  Hallock,  and  wife  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Chapin,  was  its  first  victim.  It  was  soon  checked,  but  it 
again  appeared  in  1797,  to  such  an  extent  that  the  schools  were 
closed  to  prevent  its  spreading.  A  committee  of  the  town  were  ap- 
pointed to  adopt  precautionary  measures,  and  the  house  of  Justin 
Parsons,  which  had  been  used  for  the  same  purpose  in  1777,  and 
that  of  Ebenezer  Putney,  were  devoted  to  the  use  of  those  who  were 
inoculated  with  the  disease.  About  one  hundred  and  thirty  persons 
were  inoculated  and  sent  to  these  houses,  till  the  artificial  disease 
should  run  its  course, and  render  them  proof  against  the  attack  of  the 
disease  in  its  "natural  way."  These  persons  were  kept  on  a  diet  of 
bread  and  molasses,  to  the  entire  exclusion  of  all  salt  and  meats, 
which  are  said  to  aggravate  the  disease  to  a  fatal  degree.  These  per- 
sons appear  to  have  had  a  pretty  good  time  on  the  whole,  and  re- 
sorted to  various  amusements  to  break  up  the  monotony  of  their  re- 
tired life,  as  they  were  allowed  no  communication  with  the  outer 
world,  except  through  the  committee  who  had  charge  of  them.  In 
the  house  of  Justin  Parsons,  they  "  pitched  coppers  "  so  much  upon  a 
portion  of  the  floor  of  one  of  the  rooms,  as  to  wear  it  nearly  through, 
which  may  be  seen  to  this  dav. 

The  first  white  slab  erected  in  the  cemetery  was  in  1804,  over  the 
grave  of  Alvan  Stone.     Those  previous  to  this  dale,  and  many  after. 


120  HISTORY    OF    aOSHEX. 

were  mica  slate,  'i'he  most  costly  slab  of  marble  is  tlie  monument  of 
Capt  Thos.  Weeks,  who  die'l  in  1817.  The  first  monumental  shaft 
erected  was  to  Frederick  P.  Stone,  in  1841.  Since  that  time  several 
have  been  added. 

Seven  clergymen,  Rev.  Samuel  Whitman,  Elder  Isaac  Child,  Abel. 
Farley,  Frederick  W.  Burgess,  Rev.  Wm.  Willcut,  Rev.  T.  H.  Rood 
and  Rev.  Townsend  Walker,  rest  here;  also  four  physicians,  Benja- 
min Burgess,  Ellis  Coney,  George  M.  Burgess,  Daniel  Pierce  ;  and 
six  magistrates,  William  White,  Oliver  Taylor,  John  Williams,  Timo- 
thy Lyman,  Benj.  White,.  Luther  Stone. 

Near  the  center  of  the  cemetery, '  \vith  no  monument  to  mark  the 
spot,  are  the  remains  of  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  the  renowned  President 
Edwards  of  Norlhampton,  and  wife  of  Elihu  Parsons  of  Stockbridge.. 
Her  son,  Elihu  Parsons,  at  whose  side  she  is  buried,  removed  here 
and  brought  her  to  reside  with  him,  which  she  did  till  her  death, 
which  occurred  May  5,  1805,  at  the  age  of  76.  Dea.  Stephen  Par- 
sons, son  of  Elihu,  Jr.,  was  her  grandson.  His  daughter,  Eunice, 
was  the  first  wife  of  Freeman  Sears  of  this  town. 

The  wife  of  Elihu  Parsons,  Jr.,  Rhoda  Hinsdale,  who  is  buried  at 
his  side,  was  the  first  English  child  born  in  Lenox,  Berkshire  Co. 

The  names  of  those  serving  as  sextons,  still  recollected,  areThomas 
Lyman,  Richard  Beebe,  Hollan  Hubbard,  Henry  T.  Godfrey,  and 
Augustus  Manning,  now  acting  in  that  capacity.  Mr.  Hubbard 
officiated  in  that  capacity  for  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years, 
assisting  at  the  burial  of  more  than  two-thirds  as  many  persons  as 
were  living  in  the  town  at  the  close  of  his  term. 

Near  the  extreme  eastern  part  of  the  town,  on  the  old  road  to  Wil- 
liamsburgh,  is  another  burying  ground,  used  in  the  early  history  of 
the  town,  where  a  considerable  number  of  persons  was  buried. 

The  town  has  been  quite  free  from  fires — an  encouraging  feature 
to  interested  insurance  companies.  One  of  the  first  buildings  burned 
was  the  house  of  EI-)enezer  Putney,  said  to  have  taken  from  a  candle 
coming  in  contact  with  newly  dressed  flax. 

Oliver  Taylor  lost,  March  6,  1796,  a  barn  and  shop  by  fire,  sup- 
posed to  be  the  work  of  an  incendiary. 

A  barn  of  Capt.  James  was  burnt — cause  unknown. 

A  barn  belonging  to  Dr.  Burgess  was  burned  January  30,  s8o2. 
A  boy  living  with  him,  named  Gideon  Clary,  was  the  incendiary,  and 
was  sentenced  to  jail  for  five  years.     He  conducted  himself  so  well, 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  121 

that  by  advice,  the  jailor  left  open  his  cell  door  that  he  might  escape. 
He  went  off,  but  voluntarily  returned  to  his  prison  quarters. 
Phinehas  Manning's  house  was  burnt  about  1804. 
Cyrus  Lyon's  house  was  burnt  about  18 12. 

The  mill  of  John  Williams,  2d,  below  the  Reservoir,  was  destroyed 
by  fire. 

The  barn  of  Arvin  Nash- was  struck  by  lightning,  and  consumed, 
July  25,  1841. 

'i'he  house  and  barn  of  Dea.  Town  were  destroyed  in  ihe  same 
manner  in  July,  1848. 

The  buildings  on  the  Greenwood  Brown  farm,  were  burnt  May  16, 
1840,  set  fire  by  children,  in  the  absence  of  their  parents. 

The  Silas  Burgess  house,  about  1841;  L.  Stone's  mills,  March, 
1846;  Peregrine  White's  house  and  barn,  on  the  Benjamin  Tilton 
place,  March  4,  1850;  Ralph  Uiley's  barn,  March  16,  1851;  C.  C. 
Dresser's  mill,  March  12,  1861  ;  J.  Hawks'  hotel,  Oct.  31,  1867. 

In  1854,  there  were  fourteen  persons  in  town  above  the  age  of  80 
years,  and  three  of  this  number  were  above  90.  Their  names  and 
ages  were  as  follows  : — 

Mr.  Jared  Hawks,  aged 

Mrs.  Deborah  Williams,  " 

Mr.  Gershom  Bates,  " 

Mrs.  Malachi  James,  *' 

Mr.  Reuben  Smith,  " 

Mrs.  Anna  Williams,  '' 

Capt.  John  Grant,  " 

Mrs.  Abner  Damon,  " 

Mr.  George  Pierce,  " 

Mrs.  Geo.  Pierce,  " 

Mrs.  Shepherd  Moore,  " 

Mrs.  Phineas  Manning,  " 

Mr.  Cyrus   Stearns,  " 

Mrs.  John  Williams,  " 

Pamela,  daughter  of  Elihu  Hubbard,  wife  of  Dryden  Dawes, 
recently  of  this  town,  was  born  the  first  day  of  the  week,  month  and 
year.  She  was  the  first  child  of  her  parents,  the  fiist  grandchild  of 
her  grandparents,  and  the  first  great-giandchild  of  her  great  grand- 
parents. 


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122  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^. 

The  first  Atlantic  Telegraph  Cable  was  laid  in  the  summer  of 
of  1858.  The  attempt  of  the  year  previous  failel  by  the  breaking  of 
the  cable  when  only  300  miles  had  been  laid.  The  announcement, 
August  16,  of  the  messages  between  the  Queen  of  England  and 
President  of  the  United  States,  was  an  occasion  of  universal  rejoic- 
ing throughout  the  country.  The  ladies  of  the  Congregational  Soci- 
ety in  Goshen  had  arranged  for  a  festival  on  the  iStii  of  August,  for 
the  purpose  of  raising  funds  for  the  repair  of  their  church.  Dr.  Lewis 
S.  Hopkins  and  family,  with  several  other  Nonhampton  people, 
mostly  ladies,  were  spending  the  summer  season  at  Major  Hawks's 
hotel,  who  entered  heartily  into  the  work,  and  did  much  towards 
making  it  a  success.  Rev.  T.  H,  Rood  delivered  an  address  in  the 
church,  entitled  "  An  Englishman's  Opinion  of  the  People  of  Amer- 
ica." It  was  of  genial  humor  and  wit,  and  greatly  delighted  the 
audience.  Original  pieces  were  sung  by  the  choir^  one  verse  of 
which  will  give  the  general  sentiment  : 

O  let  our  banners  wave, 
For  Albion's  nation  brave 

And  country  dear, 
Wave  o'er  Columbia's  shield 
"With  Freedom's  signet  sealed. 
For  Franklin,  Morsk  and  Field, 

With  long,  loud  cheer. 

The  town  hall,  decorated  in  evergreens  and  garlands,  contained  a 
large  variety  of  articles  usually  found  in  ladies'  fairs,  together  with 
tea,  coffee,  cake  and  ice-creams. 

The  dinner  tables  were  set  under  a  large  tree  on  the  Common, 
where  an  excellent  collation  was  served  to  the  people  of  the  town 
and  to  a  large  number  of  guests  from  abroad.  After  the  repast, 
came  toasts  and  speeches. 

The  first  toast, — "The  ladies  of  Goshen,"  was  responded  to  by  S. 
E.  Bridgman,  Esq.,  of  Northampton,  who  read  the  following  humor- 
ous "Appeal  for  the  Church,"  written  by  one  of  the  lady  visitants: 

"  See  the  plaster  falling,  falling, 

Dry  and  scattered  to  the  ground. 
To  the  sons  of  Goshen  calling 

With  a  sad  and  solemn  sound. 
Bring  the  mortar!  bring  it  quick  ! 
Bring  the  trowel !  lay  it  thick  ! 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  123 

See  the  shingles,  shrinking,  shrinking, 

Till  the  rain-drops  trickle  through; 
Setting  every  one  to  thinking 

What  a  heavy  shower  might  do. 
Bring  new  shingles  I  bring  them  quick  ! 
Bring  the  hammer  !  nail  them  thick! 
***** 

See  the  paini,  a-going,  agoing, 

Like  the  fading  light  of  day, 
Unto  all  beholders  showing 

How  earth's  pleasures  pass  away. 
Bring  the  paint-pot !  bring  it  quick! 
Lay  it  on  and  lay  it  thick ! 

Israel's  sons,  so  Moses  taught  us, 

Took  the  jewels,  rich  and  rare,  ^ 

From  old  Goshen's  daughters, 

For  the  tabernacle  fair ; 
But  free  gifts  we  ask  of  you; 
Show  what  willing  hearts  can  do.  * 

The  second  toast — Our  expected  guests,  the  Pastors  ;  like  good 
shepherds  they  have  sent  their  flocks  out  upon  the  hills.  May  the 
flocks  be  abundantly  fed  that  they  may  return  to  their  folds  with 
rejoicing. 

Samuel  Wells,  Esq.,  of  Northampton,  responded  by  reading  a  letter 
from  his  pastor,  Rev.  Gordon  Hall,  filled  with  pertinent  thoughts 
and  expressing  regrets  for  his  absence. 

The  following  were  some  of  the  other  toasts  given  : 

The  Atlantic  Telegraph  :  a  tine  of  enterprise  presenting  an  unparal- 
lelled  Field  oi  exertion. 

The  Atlantic  Cable:  a  modern  railway  for  the  transmission  of 
thought. 

The  Magnetic  Telegraph  :  The  Press  and  Express  united.  It  does 
its  own  printing  and  carries  its  own  mail. 

The  Atlantic  Cable :  A  happy  conceit  got  up  by  somebody  to  illus- 
trate the  case  of  the  Siamese  Twins.  Merry  England  and  Young 
America  will  doubtless  enjoy  the  conceit  immensely. 

Zandlord  Joseph  Hawks  :  As  in  the  land  of  ancient  Goshen  there 
was  a  Joseph  who  fed  the  hungry  strangers  from  distant  lands,  and 
who  supplied  the  needy  nearer  home,  so  this  modern  Goshen  boasts 
a  Joseph  who  feeds  the  weary  traveller  and  refreshes   all   who  call. 


124 


HISTORY    OF    G0SHE:N^ 


May  a  long  line  of  carriages  hereafter  invade  the  modern  Goshen, 
and  continue,  for  many  yt^rs  to  come,  to  seek  his  home,  attracted  by 
his  fame,  his  forethouglit  and  his  iiospitable  name  ;  may  posterity 
revere  that  name,    and   continue  to  treasure  his  bones  to  the   latest 


Editor  Gere  of  Northampton  was  expected,  but  it  was  said  that 
owing  to  his  necessary  absence  his  eloquent  reply  to  the  following 
toast  was  lost  : 

A  paradox,  it  now  may  seem, 
But  in  the  best  devised  scheme, 
Complete  success  cannot  appear, 
Till  we  get  some  thing  out  of  Gei'e. 

This  brief  sketch  of  the  festival-celebration  may  serve  to  show  the 
interest  felt  in  that  great  work  of  modern  times, — the  Atlantic  Cable. 
The  electric  conditions  of  this  cable  were  faulty,  and,  after  trans- 
mitting a  few  hundred  messages,  entirely  ceased  to  operate.  Every 
famn-e  is  said  to  be  a  step  towards  success,  and  so  it  proved  in  regard 
to  the  cable.  Experiments  continued  and  finally  were  crowned  with 
complete  success  in  1866. 

List  of  Town  Officers — Supplementary. 


Moderator. 

Treasurer. 

Collector.^. 

Constables. 

May 

23, 

1781, 

J.  Sherwin,  Esq. 

,  Joshua  Abell, 

^  Thos.  Brown, 
(  Eben'r  Parsons. 

Marc] 

h4. 

1782, 

John  James, 

Thos.  Bi'own, 

B.  Banister. 
1  Nehemiidi  May, 

10, 

1783, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Thos.  Brown, 

\  Edward  Orcutt. 
(  Artemas   Stone, 
\  Cyrus  Lynn. 
(  Wm.  Damon. 
S  Sam'l  Grimes, 
\  Earn.  White. 

*< 

15, 

1784, 

0.  Taylor, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Reuben  Loomis. 

" 

7, 

1785, 

0.  Taylor, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Oliver  Taylor. 

a 

6, 

1786, 

B.  Burgess, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Eben  Parsons, 

Oliver  Taylor. 

<« 

12, 

1787, 

0.  Taylor, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Lem'l  Banister. 

u 

3, 

1788, 

0.  Taylor, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Eben'r  Parsons. 

»« 

2 

1789, 

0.  Taylor, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Adam  Beals, 

Adam  Beals, 

a 

1, 

1790, 

0.  Taylor, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Justin  Parsons, 

Justin  Parsons. 

« 

14, 

1791, 

Barzil'i  Banister, 

,  Wm.  White, 

Adam  Beals, 

Adam  Beals. 

«< 

^, 

1792, 

Benj.  Burgess, 

Wm.  White, 

Eben'r  Parsons, 

Eben.  Parsons. 

April 

1, 

1793. 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Wm.  White, 

Solomon  Parsons 

,S.  Parsons. 

<« 

7, 

1794, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Thos.  Brawn, 

Solomon  Parsons 

,S.  Parsons. 

M'ch 

16, 

1795, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Et.  John  Rogers, 

Lieut.  J.  Rogers. 

« 

14, 

1796, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

S.  Parsons, 

S.  Parsons. 

April 

3, 

1797, 

Justin  Barsons, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Eben.  Parsons, 

Eben.  Parsons. 

M'ch 

5, 

, 1798, 

Justin  Parsons, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Malachi  James, 
S.  Parsons, 

M.  James. 

S.  Parsons. 

HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEN 


125 


Moderator. 

Treasurer. 

Collector. 

Constable. 

M'ch  11, 

1799, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

M.  James, 

M.  James. 

"      10, 

1800, 

Justin  Parsons, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

M.  James,  , 

M.  James. 

9, 

1801, 

S.  Parsons, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Eben  Parsons, 

M.  James, 

"      15, 

1802, 

S.  Parsons, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

Thos,  Brown, 

M.  James. 

"        7, 

1803, 

Justin  Parsons, 

Wm.  AVhite, 

S.  Parsons, 

M.  James, 

"      19, 

1804, 

0.  Taylor, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

S.  Parsons, 

M.  James. 

4, 

1805, 

0.  Taylor, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

S.  Parsons, 

M.  James. 

3, 

1806, 

S.  Parsons, 

Dr.  Ellis  Coney, 

Capt.  M.  James, 

M.  James. 

a           2, 

1807, 

S.  Parsons- 

Dr.  Ellis  Coney, 

S.  Parsons, 

M.  James. 

"            ~» 

1808, 

S.  Parsons, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

M.  James, 

M.  James. 

6, 

1809, 

Dca.  J.  Parsons, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

Eben.  Parsons, 

Eben  Parsons. 

'^       12, 

1810, 

Xehemiah  May, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

M.  James, 

M.  James. 

"        4, 

1811, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

M.  James, 

M.  James. 

9, 

1812, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

S.  Parsons, 

S.  Parsons. 

"      15, 

1813, 

Major  A.  Stone, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

M.  James, 

M.  James. 

April    4, 

1814. 

Major  A.  Stone, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

M.  James, 

M.  James. 

"        3, 

1815, 

Oliver  Taylor, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

Elias  White, 

E.  White. 

M'ch  11, 

1816, 

Ambrose  Stone, 

John  C.  Lyman, 

Elias  White, 

E.  White. 
A.  Billings. 

3, 

1817, 

Ambrose  Stone, 

John  Williams, 

Asahel  Billings, 

A.  Billings. 

"        7. 

1818, 

Ambrose  Stone, 

John  Williams, 

M.  James, 

M.  James. 

s, 

1819, 

John  Grant, 

J.  Williams,  2(1., 

Theo.  Parsons, 

Theo.  Parsons. 

6, 

1820, 

Major  A.  Stone, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Theo.  Parsons, 

Theo.  Parsons. 

"        5, 

1821, 

Major  A.  Stone, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Elias  White, 

Elias  White. 

'•        4, 

1S22, 

Major  A.  Stone, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Elias  White, 

Elias  White. 

i(        3 

1823, 

Col.  T.  Lyman, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Elias  White, 

Elias  White. 

8, 

1824, 

Col.  T.  Lyman, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

,  Willard  Parsons. 

"        7, 

1825, 

Col.  T.  Lyman, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Willard  Parsons. 

"        G, 

182(5, 

Benj.  White, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Willard  Parsons. 

"       12, 

1827, 

Col.  Lyman, 

M.  James, 

M.  James, 

Theo.  Parsons. 

"      10, 

1828, 

Col.  Lyman, 

R.  Dresser, 

Reuben  Dresser, 

Luther  James. 

<•        2 

1829, 

Col.  Lyman, 

Thos.  Brown, 

Thos.  Rrown, 

Thos.  Brown. 

"        1, 

laso. 

Col.  Lyman, 

Stephen  V.  Tiltoc 

i,S.  W.  Tilton, 

Luther  James. 

"        7, 

1831, 

Col.  Lyman, 

H.  Williams, 

H.  Williams, 

Emmons  Putney. 

"   .    o. 

18:32, 

John  Grant, 

II.  Williams, 

H.  Williams, 

E.  Putney. 

"      11, 

1833, 

H.  Williams, 

H.  Williams, 

H.  Williams. 

E.  Putney. 

3, 

18:^4, 

Col.  L.  Stone, 

Daniel  Williams, 

H.  Williams, 

F.  P.  Stone. 

".       2, 

18:^5, 

E.  Putney, 

E.  Putney, 

E.  Putney, 

F.  P.  Stone. 

*'        7, 

1836, 

Asahel  Billings, 

J.  E.  Catheart, 

J.  E.  Cathcart, 

F.  P.  Stone. 

"        6, 

1837, 

Frank  Xai'amore, 

Daniel  Hall, 

D.  Hall, 

E.  W.  Town. 

"        5, 

18:38, 

Col.  L.  Stone, 

Joseph  Hawks, 

J.  Hawks, 

F.  P.  Stone. 

4, 

18:39, 

Frank  Naramore 

,  F.  P.  Stone, 

F.  P.  Stone, 

F.  P.  Stone. 

"      23, 

1840, 

Frank  Naramore 

,  Ezra  Brackett, 

E.  Brackett, 

E.  Brackett. 

1, 

1841, 

Frank  Naramore 

,  M.  James, 

M.  James, 

Theo.  Parsons. 

"        7 

1842, 

Fi'ank  Naramore, 

,  E.  Brackett, 

p:.  Brackett, 

Theo.  Parsons. 

"      13! 

1843, 

Frank  Naramore, 

,  E.  Brackett, 

E.  Brackett, 

Theo.  Parsons. 

"      11, 

1844, 

Frank  Naramore, 

,  Geo.  Dresser, 

Geo.  Dresser, 

E.  Bridgman. 

"        3, 

1845, 

Fred  W.  Lyman, 

E.  A.  Carpenter, 

E.  A.  Carpenter, 

E.  A.  Carpenter. 

(<        2 

1815, 

A .  Stone,  Jr., 

E.  Brid?man, 

E.  Briflgman, 

E.  A.  Carpenter. 

1, 

1847, 

Frank  Naramore, 

,  Elijah  Billings, 

E.  Billings, 

Daniel  Williams, 

6, 

1848, 

Frank  Naramore, 

,  Hiram  Barrus, 

H.  Barrus, 

H.  Bannis . 

"        -i, 

1849, 

Frank  Nijramore, 

,  H.  Barrus, 

H.  Barrus, 

E.  Billings. 

4, 

1859, 

Frank  Naramore, 

,  Forace  Jepson, 

F.  Jepson, 

E.  Billings. 

3, 

1851, 

Frank  Naramore, 

,  E.  Billings, 

E.  Billings, 

E.  Billings. 

"        1, 

1852, 

H.  Barrus, 

E.  Brackett, 

E.  Brackett, 

H.  Barrus . 

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HISTORY    OF    GOSHE:sr. 


Moderator. 

Treasurer. 

Collector. 

Constable. 

M'ch  7, 

1853, 

Frank  Naramore 

,  Abner  Pynchon, 

A.  Pynchon, 

Sanford  Gage. 

"        «, 

1854, 

Frank  Xaramore 

,  8.  Gage, 

S.  Gage, 

S.  Gage. 

5, 

1855, 

H.  Barrus, 

E.  Billings, 

E.  Billings, 

E.  Billings. 

"        3, 

1856, 

H.  Barrus, 

E.  Brackett, 

E.  Billings, 

E.  Billings. 

2, 

1857, 

E.  Putney, 

E.  Carpent3r, 

E.  Carpenter, 

C.  C.  Dresser. 

"        I, 

1858, 

Hiram  Barrus, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Henry  Tillton, 

John  M.  Smith. 

"        7, 

1859, 

Hiram  Barrus, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Alvan  Barrus. 

"        5, 

1860, 

Hiram  Barrus, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Francis  Jepson. 

"        4, 

1861, 

Hiram  Bai'rus, 

T.P.Lyman, 

T.  P.  Lyman, 

H.  L.  Naramore. 

3, 

1862, 

Hiram  Barrus, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Francis  Jepson. 

"        2, 

1863, 

Hiram  Barrus, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Henry  Tillton, 

Josiah  Miller. 

"        7, 

1864, 

Elijah  Billings, 

Joshua  Knowlton 

* 

E.  Billings. 

"        6, 

1865, 

E.  Billings, 

Joshua  KnowltOD 

, 

E.  Billings. 

5, 

1866, 

E.  Billings, 

Joshua  Knowltoi 

Daniel  Williams. 

"        4, 

1867, 

George  Dresser, 

Daniel  Williams, 

Daniel  Williams. 

•'        2, 

1868, 

Freeman  ''ears. 

C.  A.  Packard, 

C.  A.  Packard. 

1 

1869, 

George  Dresser, 

John  H.  Godfrey 

, 

John  H.  Godfrey 

"        7, 

1870, 

Alvan  Barrus, 

C.  A.  Packard, 

Daniel  Williams. 

6, 

1871, 

Alvan  Barrus, 

Hiram  Packard, 

Lorin  Bai'rus. 

"        4, 

1872, 

Alvan  Barrus, 

Ilii'am  Packard, 

Lorin  Barrus. 

"        3, 

1873, 

T.  P.  Lyman, 

Hiram  Packard, 

Ralph  v..  Smith. 

"        2, 

1874, 

Caleb  C.  Dresser 

Hiram  Packard, 

R.  E.  Smith. 

1. 

1875, 

C.  C  Dresser, 

Hiram  Packard, 

R.  E.  Smith. 

"        6, 

1876, 

Freeman  Sears, 

Hiram  Packard, 

Hiram  Packard, 

R.  E.  Smith. 

"        5, 

1877, 

Alvan  Barrus, 

J.  H.  Godfrey, 

J.  H.  Godfrey, 

R.  E.  Smith. 

♦•        4, 

1878, 

Alvan  Barrus, 

J.  H.  Godfrey, 

J.  H.  Godfrey, 

R.  E.  Smith. 

"        3, 

1879, 

(Jeorge  Dresser, 

J.  H.  Godfrey, 

J.  H.  Godfrey, 

R.  E.  Smith. 

"        1, 

1880, 

George  Dresser, 

Marlon  Damon, 

Marlon  Damon, 

R.  E.  Smith. 

*  No  Collector  chosen  for  12  years. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  127 


CHAPTER  X. 

The  leadino;  character  of  American  history  is  generally  known  as 
"Old  Times,"  and  it  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  '^\ve  a  condensed 
sketch  of  him.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  sort  of  ubiquitous  person- 
age, not  fixed  to  one  locality,  universally  known,  said  to  be  old-fash- 
ioned, somewhat  whimsical,  a  believer  in  signs  and  wonders,  a  maker 
of  "Blue  Laws,"  an  executioner  of  witches;  yet  he  is  remembered  as 
a  lov(;r  of  good  order,  a  founder  of  schools  and  colleges,  a  benefac- 
tor of  his  country  and  his  race.  He  had  great  faith  in  himself,  and 
many  was  the  proverb  he  coined  and  used  to  inspire  himself  with 
power  to  act  as  occasion  required.  Was  he  inclined  to  carelessness, 
he  remembered  that  "willful  waste  makes  woful  want ;"  did  he  meet 
with  obstacles,  "where  there's  a  will  there's  a  way"  helped  him  over 
them  ;  discouraged,  he  fell  back  upon  the  lines: — 

"Never  despair;  the  darkest  day, 

Live  till  to-raorrow,  will  have  passed  away." 

If  selfishness  became  clamorous,  he  offered  the  couplet: 

"With  frugal  care  save  what  you  can 
To  bless  your  needy  fellow  man." 

Old  Times  was  a  hard  working  old  fellow.  He  spent  more  hours 
in  his  field  than  the  sun  shone  upon  them.  He  had  a  heavy  forest  to 
fell,  and  clear  off  the  grounds  before  he  could  plant  his  first  hill  of 
corn.  I'he  log-house  mnst  be  built,  and  it  was  far  from  being  a  pal- 
ace. The  stars  could  be  counted  through  the  openings  between  the 
joints.  His  infant  boy  was  cradled  in  a  hollow  half-log — the  conca- 
vity holding  the  infant,  the  convexity  serving  for  "rockers."  As 
families  increased,  wooden  stools  and  blocks  of  wood  served  for 
chairs.  The  table  was  unacquainted  with  the  "spread,"  or  a  substi- 
tute. The  plate,  the  tray,  the  bowls,  the  spoons,  were  all  of  wood. 
A  "boiled  dinner"  of  beef,  pork,  cabbage,  potatoes  and  beans,  was 


128  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

the  staff  of  life  for  every  clay.  What  was  left  of  the  dinner  was  con- 
verted into  bean  porridge  for  supper,  and  care  was  taken  to  have  am- 
ple allowance  of  the  same,  that  there  might  be  enough  for  breakfast. 
The  first  one  rising  in  the  morning  hung  the  old  iron  pot  containing 
the  food  upon  the  stout  crane,  swung  over  the  roaring  log  fire,  and 
in  a  short  lime  the  porridge  was  heated,  and  the  breakfast  was  ready 
for  the  family.  The  luxury  was  so  universal  that  its  merits  were  im- 
mortalized in  the  old  couplet: — 

"Bean  porridge  hot,  bean  porridge  cold, 

Bean  porridge  best,  nine  days  old." 
Hasty-pudc|,ing  was  twin-biother  to  this  popular  dish,  and  the  two 
walked  hand  in  hand,  doing  good  service  for  many  a  long  year.  As 
Old  Times  increased  his  means^  he  exhibited  some  of  the  traits  of 
his  more  favored  descendant,  Young  America,  and  increased  his 
luxuries.  The  wooden  furniture  of  his  table  was  exchanged  for  dishes 
of  pewter.  Then  were  those  old  fashioned  cupboards  invented,  that 
without  doors  or  screens  were  permanent  fixtures  in  (he  corner  of  the 
"best  room,"  where  the  pewter  dishes,  scoured  up  to  their  brightest 
polish,  exhibited  the  good  fortune  and  the  labored  neatness  of  the 
proud  housewife.  Some  of  those  old-fashioned  pewter  platters* 
which  did  service  for  several  generations  of  grandparents  and  parents, 
are  handed  down  to  the  present,  as  heirlooms  in  many  a  family. 
After  the  pewter  came  the  earthern  ware,  the  substantial  giving  way 
to  the  ornamental.  The  old  log-house  is  disappearing,  too.  Old 
Times  thinks  he  can  afford  something  belter  than  he  has  been  ac- 
customed to.  He  builds  a  one-story  house,  like  his  neighbor's,  28  by 
40,  a  front  entry,  an  "east  room"  on  one  side  of  it,  a  "west  room"  on 
the  other,  a  kitchen  on  the  back  side,  connected  with  the  pantry  and 
entry  on  one  end,  and  two  bed  rooms  on  the  other.  In  the  center 
of  the  whole  is  an  immense  chimney — wood  is  a  nuisance,  to  be  got 
rid  of  as  fast  as  possible — a  fireplace,  ten  or  twelve  feet  long,  with  a 
deep  oven  at  the  back  side,  follows  as  a  necessity.  If  such  a  length 
of  fire  place  is  not  needed  for  consuming  wood,  a  portion  of  it  will 
be  a  convenient  asylum,  where  the  children  can  retreat  in  the  long 
winter  evenings,  and  amuse  themselves  by  watching  the  ever-varying 
flames  of  the  cheerful  fire,  or  raise  their  eyes  and  gaze  upon  the  stars, 
that  meet  their  vision  through  the  ample  cliimney  above  them.  The 
more  studious,  with  book  in  hand,  may,  by  improving  the  abundant 
light  and  the  passing  hours,  become  the  sage  of  a  future  day.       The 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEIS".  129 

world  hardly  knows  how  much  it  is  indebted  to  those  old-fashioned 
fire-places  for  "thoughts  that  breathe  and  words  that  burn  '"' 

Old  Times  had  the  good  sense  to  get  him  a  wife  that  was  a  help 
fit  for  him.  Her  girlhood  was  spent  in  usefulness.  She  helped  her 
mother  in  her  labors  for  the  family,  or  even  her  father  in  the  lighter 
work  of  the  fields.  When  she  was  married  and  had  a  house,  she 
knew  how  to  keep  it.  She  could  spin  and  weave,  as  well  as  sew  and 
knit.  While  she  performed  her  part  in  the  labors  of  life,  she  knew 
how  to  enjoy  its  pleasures.  She  was  social.  Many  was  the  time  of 
a  pleasant  afternoon  when  she  met  the  maidens  and  matrons  of  her 
neighborhood,  and  with  cards  and  wool,  they  passed  tbe  flying  hours 
in  preparation  for  their  autumnal  spinning.  This  was  her  work 
— "two  run  a  day  of  filling,  or  a'run  and  a  half  of  warp,"  was  the 
limit  of  the  day's  labor.  When  the  yarn  was  scoured  and  submitted 
for  a  proper  time  to  the  coloring  process  then  it  must  be  woven  ;  when 
woven  it  must  be  sent  to  the  clothiers  to  be  "fulled  and  dressed  and 
pressed  ;"  and  then  comes  the  cutting  and  making  of  winter  garments, 
and  all  hands  are  fully  engaged.  But  the  occasions  for  a  "good 
time"  for  both  sexes,  occur  even  among  all  this  pressure  of  labor. 
There  are  husking  parties,  and  weddings  and  trainings  and  musters 
and  raisings,  and  once  or  twice  during  an  age,  there  is  an  ordination, 
at  which  all  the  younger  population,  for  many  miles  around,  do  not 
fail  to  be  present.  There  was  another  social  occasion  that 
eclipsed  all  others.  It  was  "old-fashion'ed  election  day" — the  last 
Wednesday  in  May.  The  women  and  the  men  had  equal  interest  in 
it.  After  the  clothing  for  the  winter  had  all  been  made,  the  women 
then  entered  upon  the  labor  of  preparing  linen  cloth  for  the  summer 
xlothing. 

The  early  winter  labor  of  Old  Times  himself  was  to  break  his  flax, 
swingle  and  hatchel,  and  twist  it  up  in  neat  bunches  of  a  pound  or  so 
invveight,  which  the  good  wives  and  daughters  transferred  to  the  dis- 
tail,  and  transmuted  to  thread,  marvelous  for  its  strength  and  fine- 
ness, and  for  its  even  attenuation.  This  was  then  to  be  woven  into 
cloth  for  the  suiniiKer  wear  of  the  family,  for  cotton  was  almost  un- 
known at  that  time.  The  coarser  part  of  the  flax,  known  as  tow, 
made  strong  cloth  for  the  out-door  service  of  the  men.  When  the 
linen  cloth  of  the  nicer  qualities  was  woven,  it  was  submitted  to  the 
process  or  bleaching  by  exposure  to  the  sun  and  storms.  Every 
thrifty  housewife  was  expected  to  have  all  this  work  done  before  the 


130  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

aforesaid  election  day.  This  was  to  be  a  day  of  rest  from  the  great 
labor  of  the  previous  season.  No  new  labor  was  to  be  entered  upon 
on  this  day.  It  was  a  day  that  stood  between  two  eras,  the  women's 
great  holiday  of  the  year. 

Old  Times  never  forgot  that  he  had  an  interest  in  this  day.  It 
was  the  day  for  the  meeting  of  the  "Great  and  General  Court"  and 
for  the  inauguration  of  the  new  Governor,  a  day  that  was  universally 
appropriated  to  militia  trainings,  and  social  gatherings,  and  in  short, 
it  was  tllc  great  holiday  of  the  year,  for  all  classes.  Old  Times  was 
careful  to  have  his  corn  and  his  potatoes  planted,  his  fields  of  rye, 
wheat  and  oats  all  sown,  that  he  too  might  be  duly  entitled  to  his 
share  of  the  pleasures  of  the  day.  One  thing  in  the  way  of  planting 
only  remained  to  be  done.  It  was  deemed  appropriate  that  the  morn- 
ing hour  of  the  day  should  be  spent  by  every  farmer's  boy,  in  plant- 
ing his  two  quarts  of  white  beans — the  finishing  touch  to  the  work  of 
planting  for  that  season.  The  boys  expected  it  and  did  it,  but  to 
many  a  boy  it  seemed  as  if  those  two  quarts  of  beans  held  out  like 
the  widow's  oil,  and  to  many  a  farmer,  when  the  beans  came  up,  it 
seemed  as  if  every  bean  sent  up  a  marvelous  number  of  plants.  But 
the  two  quarts  of  beans  disposed  of,  the  boys'  holiday  commenced. 
There  were  gatherings  of  boys  at  the  corners  of  the  streets,  and  upon 
the  common  ;  there  were  parties  for  fishing  excursions,  and  rambling 
excursions,  and  there  was  a  training  wliere  every  boy  in  town  was 
sure  at  last  to  be  found,  and  was  equally  sure  to  invest  his  "four  pence 
ha'  penny"  or  nine  pence  in  baker's  gingerbread  from  some  peddler's 
cart,  to  be  eaten  to  satisfy  his  own  hunger,  and  the  remainder  to  be 
carried  home  to  regale  the  appetites  of  those  who  went  not  to  the 
training.  Sucii  gingerbread  as  that  is  not  made  now, — it  is  numbered 
among  the  "lost  arts." 

Old  Times,  it  is  said,  never  engaged  very  heartily  in  the  temper- 
ance cause.  He  has  been  accused  of  being,  on  the  contrary, 
somewhat  given  to  his  cups.  It  has  been  said  that  he  drank  when 
thirsty,  when  fatigued,  when  cold,  when  hot,  when  wet,  when  in  com- 
pany, when  alone,  when  abroad,  when  at  home,  when  sick,  when  well. 
This  seems  rather  frequent,  and  perhaps  the  statement  is  a  little  too 
strong.  But  it  is  well  known  that  at  every  raising,  and  husking  and 
all  other  similar  occasions,  it  was  "plenty  of  liquor,  or  no  men."  The 
farmer  who  had  reduced  his  haying  to  the  last  acre,  would  send  miles 
away,  to  replenish  his  decanter,  if  it  was  empty,  rather  than  to  finish 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEIS^.  131 

his  haying  without  his  regular  drams.  If  the  minister  visited  his 
people  at  their  iiomes,  a  failure  to  offer  him  a  glass  of  spirits,  would 
have  been  considered  a  want  of  proper  respect.  When  the  ministers 
met  in  council,  liquors  were  deemed  as  indispensable  as  food. 

Old  Times  was  a  practical,  matter-of-fact  man.  He  abhorred  the 
assembling  of  the  young  for  balls,  dances  and  similar  amusements, 
and  often  was  the  time  when  such  occasions  had  been  planned  by  the 
young  men,  that  he  would  circumvent  them  by  preventing  the  atten- 
dance of  the  young  ladies,  if  he  could  not  otherwise  effect  his  pur- 
pose. The  lively  times  that  the  young  enjoyed,  and  the  violin  that 
helped  lend  enchantment  to  such  occasions,  were  alike  discarded  as 
unhallowed  inventions  of  the  devil  for  the  ruin  of  young  souls,  and 
the  use  of  such  tunes  with  words  of  a  religious  character,  or  a  violin 
in  the  sanctuary  to  assist  the  choir,  he  would  have  esteemed  a  hea- 
ven-daring sin.  Yet  he  had  an  appreciative  ear,  and  was  once  heard 
to  remark  that  "the  devil  has  all  the  best  tunes." 

The  "fashions"  were  a  source  of  vexation  to  him,  and  he  attempt- 
ed to  regulate  them  by  law.  His  idea  of  their  origin  is  illustrated  by 
an  anecdote.  His  son  asked  him,  "Where  do  the  fashions  come 
from  ?''  "From  Boston."  "Where  does  Boston  get  ihem  ?"  "From 
London."  "Where  does  London  4;et  them.?"  "P>om  Paris."  Where 
does  Paris  get  them.?"  "From  the  d — 1,"  was  the  conclusive  reply. 
Yet  he  himself  was  not  above  criticism  in  such  matters.  His  red 
coat,  yellow  pants,  broad  knee  and  shoe  buckles,  cocked  hat,  long 
cue  of  hair  hanging  down  his  back,  powdered  head,  and  immensely 
rufifled  shirt,  would  make  quite  a  sensation  at  the  present  day,  not- 
withstanding he  had  adopted  it  as  a  pattern  suit,  for  a  pattern  man. 

Lest  it  should  be  inferred  that  Old  Times  was  always  rigid,  it  should 
in  justice  be  said  that  he  did  at  times  so  far  relax  his  sternness  as  to 
allow  the  youth  to  play  blind  man's  buff  and  similar  games  that  he 
considered  innocent.  At  husking  parties  when  one  found  a  red  ear 
of  corn,  it  was  deemed  proper  for  him,  especially  if  the  older  people 
were  present,  to  kiss  the  prettiest  girl  in  the  crowd.  How  much  this 
had  to  do  with  giving  husking  parties  their  popularity,  it  is  not  nec- 
essary to  decide.     Inferences  are  in  order. 

Old  Times  had  much  of  the  religious  element  in  his  character.  He 
was  a  non-conformist  in  England,  served  with  Cromwell,  suffered 
persecutions  beyond  measure,  and  at  last  sought  these  shores,  where 
he  might  have  liberty  of  conscience  and  freedom  to  worship  God  ac- 


132  HISTOliY    OF  GOSHEIS^ 

cording  to  his  own  interpretation  of  the  Bible.  Here  he  founded  a 
cliurth,  on  the  true  democratic  idea,  that  ali  its  members  were  equal 
before  God,  and  had  equal  right  to  enjoy  private  opinions  ;  that  each 
church  should  be  independent  of  all  dictation  from  others,  except  by- 
way of  mere  advice,  and  owed  no  allegiance  to  priest,  bishop,  pope 
or  king.  The  congregation  regulated  its  own  affairs,  and  the  church 
took  the  name  "Congregational."  Old  Times  was  satisfied.  His  ef- 
fort was  successful.  i^or  centuries  the  bible  had  not  found  such 
freedom,  and  bible  men  had  not  found  such  rest.  Schools  flourished, 
education  and  religion  walked  hand  in  hand,  prosperity  reigned. 

Old  Times  was,  in  short,  a  man  clear  through  ;  "e'en  his  failings 
leaned  to  virtue's  side."  Deducting  all  these,  there  was  still  enough 
left  for  a  man  of  large  pattern.-  He  was  just  in  his  dealings,  charit- 
able to  the  needy,  a  firm  believer  in  the  capacity  of  man  for  unlimit- 
ed progress,  true  to  the  great  principles  of  human  liberty,  first  to*  de- 
clare that  all  men  are  created  free  and  equal,  first  to  gird  on  the 
sword  in  defewse  of  a  government  whose  highest  officer  should  be  the 
servant  of  tiie  humblest  individual.  To  found  such  a  government,  he 
fought  the  battles  of  Bunker  Hill,  Monmouth  and  Yorktown,  pouring 
out  his  blood  like  water;  enduring  trials,  practising  the  most  rigid 
self-denials,  resigning  all  the  endearments  of  home,  hazarding  all  in 
the  present  that  the  future  might  be  glorious. 

His  sufferings,  his  labors,  his  example  were  not  in  vain.  His  pos- 
terity have  seen  the  enemy  assault  the  government  he  bequeathed  to 
them  ;  inspired  by  his  teachings,  they  too,  have  shed  their  blood  in 
its  defense  ;  and  this  day  they  rejoice  under  that  government  as  the 
noblest  ever  founded  and  the  strongest  the  world  ever  saw. 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEX.  133 


CHAPTER  XI. 
Family  Sketches. 

Joshua  Abell,  Sen.^  came  from  Rehoboth  about  1767.  His  fiist 
wife,  Elizabeth,  died  Aug.  29,  1774;  bis  second  wife,  Ruth,  died  Aug. 
29>  ^777-  '^'he  town  records  gives  the  following  as  the  children  of 
Joshua  and  Molly,  the  third  wife:  Betty,  born  Aug.  5,  i78i,died 
1782  ;  Sarah,  born  July  14,  1783  ;  Joseph,  born  Nov.  24,  1785  ;  Ezra* 
born  Nov.  23,  1788,  died  1802  ;  Mrs.  Molly  died  Oct.  26,  1802. 

Joshua,  Sen.,  had  other  sons,  Benjamin,  Joshua,  and  Nathaniel, 
probably  by  one  or  both  of  the  former  wives.  Benjamin  married 
Persis  Banister.  Their  children  were:  Benjamin,  born  Jan.  16,  1781; 
Elizabeth,  born  May  8,  1782  ;  Banister,  born  Oct.  14,  1783;  Cynthia, 
born  June  8,  1785  ;  Asa,  born  June  19,  1787,  removed  to  Swanton, 
Vermont. 

Children  of  Joshua,  Jr.  and  Dorothy  Abell  :  William,  born  Sept. 
15,  1788,   married   Jerusha   Arms  ;  Anne,  Dec.  19,  1790;  Prudence, 

born  Oct.  6,  1792,  married   Whitney  ;  George,  born    March    2, 

1796,  married  Tryphena  Cathcart  ;  Nancy,  born  April  13,  1797,  mar- 
ried Oliver  T.  Cathcart;  Calvin,  born  April  5,  1799  ;  Susannah,  born 
Feb.  7,  1802,  died  single  ;  Mrs.  Dorothy  died  Sept.  3,  1803.  William, 
known  as  "Captain,"  removed  to  Plainfield,  New  Jersey;  George, 
also  "Captain,"  removed  to  Conway,  where  Lewis  S.,  his  son,  still  re- 
sides. His  second  son,  George  A,  resides  in  Greenfield.  His  eldest 
daughter,  Caroline  P.,  married  Joseph  Blake,  now  of  Amherst. 

Children  of  Nathaniel  Abell  and  Eunice,  his  wife  :  Versal,  born 
Sept.  2T,,  1789;  Clarissa,  born  June  3,  1791  ;  Polly,  born  Oct.  15, 
1792;  Sally,  born  April  26,  1794;  Mittie,  born  March  i,  1796;  Asa- 
hel  S.,  born  Sept,  7,  1797;  Laisdell,  born  April  16,  1801  ;  Esther, 
born  May  27,  1803  ;  Ansel,  born   April    15,  1805  ;  Austin,  born  Feb. 


134  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

27,  1807  ;  Nathaniel,  born  July  16,  1809.  Versal  removed  to  Wil- 
liamsburgh;  Asahel  S.  and  Ansel  to  Northampton. 

The  Amadon  family  lived  in  the  West  district  toward  Chesterfield. 
Ansel,  probably  a  son  of  Ebenezer,  (No.  24,  page  70,)  is  said  to  have 
had  "a  family  of  seventeen  children,  all  boys  but  one;  all  grew  up, 
all  went  to  school  to  Mr.  Emmons  Putney,  as  the  latter  still  delights 
to  relate." 

The  Banister  family,  from  Brookfield,  was  numerous  and  influen- 
tial. Joseph,  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  church  here,  may  have 
'been  father  of  the  family.  John  removed  to  Conway  ;  Christopher 
and  his  wife  Abial,  members  of  the  church,  perhaps  died  here;  Lem- 
uel removed  to  Phelps,  N.  Y. — a  son,  Caleb,  became  a  prominent 
physician  there.  Mary  and  Elizabeth  Banister,  members  of  the 
church,  removed  to  Conway.  Elizabeth  united  with  the  church  J784, 
dismissed  1796.  Barzillai  Banister  removed  to  Framingham.  Wil- 
liam, a  brother,  early  removed  from  town.       His  wife  was  Mehitable, 

.       They  had  a  son  Jotham,  born  Oct.  26,  1781.     Rachel,  sister 

of  Lemuel,  married  Asa  Partridge.  They  were  the  parents  of  Kath- 
erine,  who  married  Major  Ambrose  Stone,  and  Calista,  who  married 
Ebenezer  White.       Persis,   another  sister,  married   Benjamin   Abell  ; 

a  third  sister,  married  Warner  of  Chesterfield  ;  a  fourth  sister, 

married  John  Burnell  of  Chesterfield,  parents  of  Rufus  and  Joseph 
Burnell;  (grandparents' of  K.  A.  Burnell,  the  evangelist  and  J.  S. 
Burnell,  the  missionary  to  Ceylon.)  The  children  of  Barzillai  and 
Deborah  Banister  are  given  in  the  records  of  the  town  as  follows: 
Lena,  born  April  17,  1775  ;  Allerton,  born  and  died  1778;  DoUey, 
born  April  30,  1780;  Tryphena,  born  Feb.  23,  1782  ;  Sophia,  born 
June  II,  1784;  Deborah,  born  June  13,  1786  ;  Abigail,  born  Aug.  7, 
1788  ,  Lucy,  born  July  13,  1791. 

Capt.  Elijah  Bard  well  and  family  removed  to  this  town  from  Bel- 
chertown  in  1803.  Several  members  of  the  family  have  already  been 
noticed — pages  55-6-9-60-r.  Araunah  Bardwell  united  with  the 
church  in  1806,  became  a  physician,  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  North 
Carolina  in  1824.  He  died  in  Mississippi  in  October,  183S.  Selah 
removed  to  Minnesota  with  several  of  his  family  about  1856.  His 
son,  Jeremiah  H.,  resides  in  Easthampton  and  has  been  postmaster 
there  for  many  years.       The  following  is  a  record  of  the  children  of 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^.  135 

Capt.  Bard  well  and  Sarah,  his  wife  :  Rhoda,  born  1778,  married 
Rev.  W.  Fisher;  Sophin,  born  1780,  married  Reuben  Dresser  ;  Laura, 
born  1782,  married  Calvin  Cushman  ;  Araunah,  M.  D.,  born  1784; 
Elijah,  born  1786,  married  Lavina  Howes  ;  Horatio,  born  1788,  mar- 
ried Rachel  Furbush  ;  Selah,  born  1791,  married  Clarissa  Hosford  ; 
Sarah,  born  1793,  married  Rev.  J.  Richards  ;  Aurelia,  born  1796. 
married  ist,  Samuel  Naramore,  2d,  Benj.  VvHiite,  Esq. 

Thomas  Brown  (No.  49,  page  71,)  probably  had  no  children.  His 
nephew  and  namesake,  Thomas  Brown  2d,  son  of  Daniel  and  Dor- 
cas Brown,  born  Feb.  i,  1780,  lived  with  him  and  succeeded  to  the 
farm.  Thomas  2d,  married  Zervia,  daughter  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Bur- 
gess. His  children  were  Benjamin  F.,  Calphurna,  Levi,  Cleora,  Car- 
los, The  father  removed  to  Cummington,  and  the  surviving  children 
reside  in  the  West.  Mr.  Brown,  with  the  assistance  of  Elias  White, 
nearly  sixty  years  ago,  set  out  the  elm  trees  on  the  west  side  of  Main 
street,  through  the  village  in  front  of  the  residences  of  Mrs,  Mary  P. 
Webster  and  Oscar  F.  Washburn. 

Greenwood  Brown,  probably  not  related  to  Thomas,  lived  adjoin-' 
ing  (No.  9,  page  68,)  on  the  North.  The  farm  was  afterwards  owned 
successively  by  Daniel  Hersey,  Rufus  K.,  Jabez  H.  and  John  El- 
dredge,  and  J.  D.  Shipman.  The  buildings  were  burnt  in  1840. 
Greenwood  Brown,  Sen.^  died  1825;  Greenwood,  Jr.,  1828.  The 
children  of  Greenwood,  Sen.,  and  Susannah  his  wife,  are  recorded  as 
follows:  Susannah,  born  Mar.  25,  1786,  in  Goshen  ;  Greenwood,  born 
April  20,  1787,  died  1788  ;  Harvey,  born  April  29,  1789  ;  Greenwood, 
born  Feb.  28,  1791,  died  1828;  Cynthia,  born  May  6,  1793,  married 
Asa  Pettengill  of  Cummington  ;  Minerva,  born  April  9,  1795,  ^^^^ 
1819. 

Joseph  Blake  (No.  72,  page  72,)  probably  born  in  Boston  in  1738, 
was  published  to  Comfort  Thayer  in  Braintree,  in  1761,  whom  he 
married.  They  probably  removed  to  Goshen  about  1766,  and  set- 
tled in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town,  on  the  original  lot.  No.  2, 
where  they  lived  for  about  fifty  years.  He  removed  after  the  death 
of  his  wife,  in  181 1,  to  Ashfield,  and  lived,  till  his  decease  in  1818, 
with  his  son  Silns.  His  children  were  :  Polly,  or  Mary,  born  in 
Braintree,  Aug.  16,  1765,  married  Elijah  Wolcott  of  Williamsburgh ; 
Rachel,  born  in  Goshen,  July  18,  1767,  married  Joseph  Smith  of  Hat- 


136  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

field  ;  Silas,  born  Aug.  2,  1771,  who  married  Parnal  Beswick  of 
Cliesterfield  ;  Nancy,  born  June,  1776,  married  Abner  Bates  of  Ches- 
terfield ;  Eleazer,  born  March  23,  1778,.  married  Ruth  Beals  of 
Goshen  ;  Joseph,  born  Nov.  10,  1783,  and  Comfort,  who  died 
young. 

Joseph,  the  pioneer,  was  son  of  Joseph,  who  was  son  of  Solomon, 
who  was  son  of  Kdward,  who  was  son  of  William,  the  emigrant. 
The  family  were  of  Hingham.  Rev.  Charles  M.  Blake,  Post  Chap-, 
lain  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  has  been  engaged  in  tlie  compilation  of  the 
genealogy  of  the  Blake  Family,  which  is  now  continued  by  Perley 
Derby,  Esq.,  of  Salem.  The  writer  is  indebted  for  a  portion  of  these 
facts  to  Silas  Blake,  Esq.,  of  Ashfield,  great-grandson  of  Joseph,  the 
pioneer. 

Dr.    Benjamin    Burgess   resided  here    about    twenty-seven    years. 
His  father,  Benjamin,  Stn.^  was   a  physician   in    Dartmouth,    Mass., 
where  he  died  Sept.  18,  1748,  aged  forty  years,   leaving    the    son   an 
orphan  at  the  age  of  eleven  years.     The  father  had  made  extensive 
purchases  of  land  in  this  vicinity,  which  the  son,   after  attaining  his. 
majority,  came  up  to  look    after.      He  was   so  well    pleased  with   its 
location  thai  he  decided  to   make    the   place   his    future    home.     He 
left  the  "Vineyard"  at  a  time,  during  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  when. 
British  privateers  were  cruising  upon  our  coast.     F<taring  they  might 
fall  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  his  wife  quilted  a  tliousand  dollars, 
in  gold  into  the  skirt  of  her  dress,  that  it  might  be  secure  against  any 
emergency.     The  Biitish  came  in  sigiu  and  fired  upon   them  several; 
times,  but  caused  no  serious  damage.      His   family  have   a  tradition 
that  this  thousand  dollars  purchased  a  thousand  acres  of  land  here. 
The  doctor  was  not  only  a  skillful   physician,  but    was  held   in  high 
esteem  as  a  man.     The  records  of  the  church   speak  of  him    as   "a, 
substantial  christian."     He  married,  Nov.  12,  1772,   Susannah  Man- 
tor  of  Tisbury.      They  had  seven   children,  one   son   and   six  daugh- 
ters.    Silas,  the  son,  born  Oct.  20,  1776,  married  Lucy,  daughter  of' 
Joseph  Stone,  of  Shrewsbury,  Dec.  18,  1803.      He  died  Oct.  10,  1830.^ 
Susan,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Dr.  Burgess,  married  John  C.  Lyman 
and  removed  to  Cummington  ;   Mercy,  the  second  daughter,  married 
Mitchell  Dawes  of  Cummington, — the   parents    of  the  distinguished 
Senator  from  this  state,   Hon.   Henry  L.   Dawes;  Zerviah,  the  third 
daughter,  married  Thomas  Brown, — parents  of  Rev.  Be.nj,  F.  Biown  ; 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEI!^.  137 

Jane  died  single  ;  Mary  married  first,  Isaac  Williams,  second,  Stephen 
Whitney  of  Deerfield, — parents  of  Gen.  James  S.  Whitney,  a  promi- 
nent business  man  and  politician,  and  a  former  Collector  of  the  Port 
of  Boston  ;  Sarah,  the  youngest  daughter,  married  Seth  Williams, 
merchant  and  manufacturer,  of  Cummingion. 

The  children  of  Silas  Burgess  and  Lucy  his  wife  were  :  Maria, 
born  Jan.  8,  1806,  for  several  years  a  noted  teacher  of  penmanship, 
married  Josiah  Barber,  Sept.  2,  1852,  resides  in  Worcester  ;  Benja- 
min F.,  born  Juiy  5,  1808  ;  married  Sarah  B.  Francis,  April  15,  1832, 
removed  to  Boston  wlien  a  young  man  and  commenced  business 
which  is  still  continued  by  him  and  his  son,  Benjamin  F.,  Jr. ;  Rev. 
Frederick  W.  Burgess,  born  Jan.  25,  181 1,  and  Rev.  Joseph  S.,  born 
Aug.  15,  1813  (see  page  57);  George  M.,  born  Aug.  18,  1S16,  was 
prominent  as  a  teacher  here,  and  for  some  years  also  in  New  Jersey. 
He  studied  medicine,  and  had  a  large  practice  in  Blackstone,  Mass. 
He  died  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness,  March  5,  1859.  His  remains 
were  brought  to  this  town  for  burial.  Sarah,  born  July  21,  1819, 
married  Nathan  F.  Orcutt,  Esq.,  of  Cummington  ;  Lucy  L.,  born  Oct. 
II,  1822,  married  first,  E.  H.  Porter,  March  i,  1845,  second,  L.  H. 
Grandgent,  Dec.  28,  1854,  a  teacher  in  Boston  ;  Silas  A.,  married 
Evelina  E.  Jones,  Aug.  14,  1855.  He  is  a  lawyer,  resided  for  several 
years  in  Blackstone,  and  is  now  of  Worcester. 

The  Burgess  family  in  this  country  descend  from  Thomas,  the  pil- 
grim, who  came  to  Salem  about  1630,  and  after  two  or  three 
removals  settled  in  Sandwich,  where  he  at  length  died,  leaving  an 
estate  which  a  few  years  since  was  still  in  the  family.  His  son  Jacob 
married  Mary  Nye;  their  second  son,  Ebenezer,  born  1673,  married 
Mercy  Lombard  ;  the  fourth  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Mercy,  Benjamin, 

born  1708,  married  Mercy ,  and    they  were    the  parents  of  Dr. 

Benjamin  of  Goshen,  a  distant  relative  of  Hon.  Tristam  Burgess  of 
Rhode  Island. 

Rev.  Dr.  Burgess,  in  his  genealogy  of  the  Burgess  Family,  says  : 
"The  origin  of  the  name  of  Burgess  will  not  admit  of  controversy. 
It  is  a  title,  civil  or  official.  The  inhabitant  or  representative  of  a 
Burgh  or  Borough  is  a  Burgess.  In  England  the  name  is  well  pre- 
served, but  in  this  country  it  has  been  corrupted  intg  Burghess, 
Burges,  Burgis,  Borgis,  Burge,  Burg." 

Asahel  Billings,  born  1786,  removed  here  from  Belchertown  in 
1807.     His  great  grandfather,  Benjamin  Billings,  was  one  of  the  first . 


138  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEK. 

settlers  of  Hatfield.  Benjamin's  son  Joseph  had  a  Joseph  Jr.,  who 
was  the  father  of  Asahel.  Asahel  had  five  brothers  and  two  sisters  ; 
all  younger  than  himself.  Elijah,  his  brother,  came  here  in  i8i6 
and  served  as  apprentice  to  Asahel,  who  was  a  blacksmith,  remain- 
ing till  1822.  The  wife  of  Asahel  was  Violet  Bardwell — not  of 
Elijah  Bardwell's  family.  They  had  one  son  who  died  young. 
Asahel  was  a  model  man,  in  whom  every  one  had  confidence,  and 
was  often  called  to  serve  in  positions  of  responsibility.  Elijah,  his 
brother,  removed  here  again  about  1839,  ^^^^  remained  till  his  decease 
in  1880.  He  was  often  called  to  serve  his  townsmen  in  various 
official  positions.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Reuben  Smith. 
'J'heir  children  were  :  Frederick  S.,  who  married  Sophia  Stone ; 
Edwin  ;  Sophia,  who  married  Frederick  P.  Hunt  ;  and  Charles,  who 
died  a  young  man. 

Levi  Barrus  was  a  resident  of  Goshen  for  nearly  sixty  years.  He 
was  born  in  Charlemont,  near  the  Deerfield  river,  March  10,  1795. 
His  family  resided  for  nine  years  on  the  farm  of  his  grandfather,  Jo- 
seph Cressey,  afterwards  owned  by  Joab  Willis.  They  removed  in 
18 1 2  to  Windsor,  and  thence  to  Goshen,  where  they  spent  the  winter 
of  1812-13,  removing  in  the  spring  of  1813  to  "Cape  street,"  Ashfield. 
In  ]8i4  they  again  removed  to  the  southwest  part  of  Ashfield  and 
bought  a  small  farm  of  Ebenezer  Putney  and  other  land  where 
the  father  resided  till  his  decease,  October  10,  1826.  Up  to  the  date 
o[  the  purchase  of  this  place  and  for  some  time  later,  he  and  his  fam- 
ily spelt  their  name  Barrows.  It  is  said  that  he  was  informed  by  a 
distant  branch  of  the  family,  who  spelt  his  name  Barrus,  that  the  lat- 
ter was  the  true  spelling.  Having  been  left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age, 
with  no  near  relative  except  a  sister,  he  accepted  the  statement  and 
adopted  the  incorrect  spelling,  which  is  followed  by  his  descendants 
to  this  day,  subjecting  them  to  an  occasional  hint  that  they  "don't 
know  how  to  spell." 

The  Pilgrim  ancestor  of  the  Barrows  families  in  this  country  v;as 
John  Barrowe  from  Yarmouth  in  England,  who  came  to  Salem  in 
1637,  at  the  age  of  28  years,  with  his  wife  Anne.  He  received  two 
grants  of  land  in  Salem  in  1637. 

In  1665  his  name  appears  in  the  Plymouth  records,  in  which  town 
he  resided  from  that  time,  and  perhaps  earlier  till  his  death  in  1692. 
His  will  shows  that  he  left  a  second  wife  much  younger  than  h'imself, 


HISTORY   OF    GOSHEN.  139 

and  four  sons  ;  Robert,  who  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Geo.  Bonum, 
Nov.  28,  1666;  Joshua,  Ebenczer,  Benajah;  and  two  daughters, 
Mary  and  Deborah.  Robert  remained  in  Plymouth  and  had  by  Ruth, 
his  first  wife  :  John,  born  1667,  died  in  Plympton  1720  ;  George, 
born  1670,  died  in  Plympton  1758  ;  Samuel,  born  1672,  died  in  Mid- 
dleboro  1755  ;  Mehitable,  who  married  Adam  Wright. 

Robert  married  2d,  Lydia  Dunham,  and  had  Robert,  born  1689, 
died  in  Mansfield,  Conn.,  1779  ;  Thankful,  born  1692,  married  Isaac 
King;  Elisha,  born  1695,  died  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  1767;  Thomas, 
born  1697,  died  in  Mansfield  ;  Lydia,  born  1699,  married  Thomas 
Branch. 

George,  born  1670,  called  "Captain  George"  for  his  success  in 
treating  with  the  Indians,  had  a  large  family  and  was  an  extensive 
land  holder.  His  son  Peleg  received  the  homestead  now  in  Carver, 
which  is  still  in  possession  of  his  descendants.  Joseph,  son  of  Peleg, 
removed  to  Maine,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  Judge  Wm,  G.  Barrows, 
and  Hon.  George  B.  Barrows,  formerly  President  of  the  Maine  Sen- 
ate ;  and  also  of  Rev.  Charles  D.  Barrows  of  Lowell.  Peleg  Jr.,  was 
ancestor  of  Arad  Barrows,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  a  prominent  business 
man. 

Samuel,  born  1700,  son  of  Capt.  George,  removed  to  Middleboro, 
where  he  was  called  Samuel  Junior,  10  distinguish  him  from  his 
uncle,  Deacon  Samuel.  He  married  Susannah  Tobey*  of  Sandwich, 
Nov.  21,  1723  ;  removed  to  Killingly,  Conn,,  and  had  eight  children, 
of  whom  Noah,  born  August  20,  1727,  was  grandfather  of  Rev.  Wil 
liam  Barrows,  D.  D.,  late  Secretary  of  the  Mass.  Home  Missionary 
Society  ;  and  George,  born  March  21,  1733,  was  grandfather  of  Levi 
Barrus.  This  George  resided  in  T(jlland,  Conn.,  where  he  and  all 
his  children,  except  one  son,  Lazarus,  and  one  daughter,  Keziah,  died 
of  malignant  fever  in  1777. 

Samuel,  known  as  "Deacon  Samuel,"  born  1672,  son  of  Robert, 
removed  to  Middleboro,  1699,  and  built  a  house  soon  after,  which  is 
still  occupied  by  his  descendants.  It  was  built  with  reference  to  de- 
fense against  the  Indians,  and  has  a  port  hole  through  which  to  fire 
muskets  at  the  enemy.     Robert,  Jr.,  of  Mansfield,  Conn.,  born  1689, 

*  The  author  has  a  sugar  bowl  that  belonged  to  this  lady,  probably  at  the  time  of  her 
marriage.  It  was  preserved  in  the  family  of  her  son,  George,  and  came  to  her  grandson 
Lazarus,  and  theuce  to  his  daughter  Ann,  by  whom  it  was  given  to  its  present  owner. 


140  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEIS'. 

died  1720,  was  the  ancestor  of  Rev.  E.  P.  Barrows,  Professor  in  Ober- 
lin  Seminary. 

Tiiomas,  brother  of  Robert,  Jr.,  also  of  Mansfield,  was  the  ancestor 
of  Rev.  John  O.  Barrows,  now  missionary  to  Turkey. 

Three  of  the  sons  of  John,  the  emigrant,  early  removed  from  Ply- 
mouth— Joshua  and  Benajah  to  Attleboro;  Ebenezer,  to  Cumber- 
land, R.  I.  Their  decendanls  are  numerous,  like  the  posterity  of  the 
elder  brother,  Bobert,  and  are  scattered  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pa- 
cific. John,  eldest  son  of  Benajah,  born  1708,  was  father  of  John,  the 
graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1766,  who  was  a  teacher  in  Dighton 
for  fifty  years.  He  had  a  son  Thomas  who  was  a  physician  ;  and  an- 
other son,  John,  who  was  a  teacher.  Prof.  John  Manning  Barrows  of 
Olivet  College,  Michigan,  was  a  son  of  this  teacher,  and  has  two  sons 
in  the  ministry  :  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  pastor  of  the  Maverick 
church  in  Boston,  and  Rev.  Walter  M.  Barrows,  missionary  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah.  There  are  many  other  ministers  of  the  gospel, 
teachers  and  johysicians,  in  the  different  branches  of  the  family, 
whose  names  are  reserved  for  a  more  extended  genealogy  now  in 
preparation  by  the  author.  The  name  of  the  family  is  supposed  to 
be  from  Barrow,  a  mound,  or  Borovgh,  ox  Burgh,  a  town,  which 
seems  to  ally  it  with  the  name  of  Burgess. 

Lazarus  Barrows  (or  Barrus),  born  1763,  married  Ruth,  daughter  of 
of  Joseph  Cressey.  They  removed  from  Tolland,  Conn.,  to  Rowe, 
Mass.,  soon  after  the  birth  of  their  first  child.  The  following  dates  of 
births  of  their  children  are  from  the  records  in  Charlemont  :  Julia 
Ann,  born  Nov.  11,  J 785,  married  Elijah  Warren  ;  Susannah,  born 
Jan.  26,  1788,  married  Bani  Parker  about   1812  ;  Patience,  born  July 

22,  1790,  married  firsts  Elisha  Phillips,  second,  Jona.  Lilly,  third, 

Clark  ;  George,  born  April  2,  1793,  married  first,  Rhoda  Keyes,  se- 
cond, Rhoda  T.  Graves  ;  Levi,  born  March  10,  1795,  married  first, 
Almeda  Stearns,  second,  Elvira  W.  Allis  j  Freelove,  born  April  21, 
1798;  Perus,  born  April  i,  1801,  M.  Huldah  Rogers  ;Rulh,  born  Dec. 
18,  1803,  married  Elijah  Howes  Nov.  24,  1831;  Anna,  born  March 
29,  1808,  married  Madison  Knowlton  Nov.  11,  1830. 

The  family  claim  that  this  record  of  births  should  date  two  or  three 
years  later.     George  Barrus  died ,  1869. 

Children  of  Levi  and  Almeda  Barrus  :  Hiram,  born  July  5,  1822 
married  Augusta  Stone;  Lorin,  born  May  31,  1825,  married  Luc'nda, 
Naramore  ;  Laura  Ann,  born  July  26,   1827,  married  Jacob  Lovell ; 


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HISTORY   OF    GOSHEIS".  141 

Theron  Levi,  born  Sept.  i,  1829,  married  Czarina  Robinson  ;  Alvan 
Stone,  born  Oct.  14,  1841,  married  Emeline  P.  Wakefield  ;  Charles, 
born  May  25,  1834,  married  Clarissa  Hill  ;  Louisa  Jane,  born  July 
20,  1838,  died  Sept.  4,  1850. 

Hiram  Barrus  removed  to  Boston  in  186 1,  where  he  received  an 
appointment  in  the  Custom  House  under  Collector  J.  Z.  Goodrich. 
After  serving  in  several  minor  positions  he  became  assistant  cashier 
in  1864,  a  position  he  has  retained  under  six  different  collectors,  with 
the  same  cashier,  E.  L.  Frothingham,  Jr. 

Hiram  Barrus  married  Augusta,  daughter  of  Col.  Luther  Stone, 
April  24,  1845.  Removed  to  Reading,  May  19,  1863.  Children  : 
Edna  Stone,  born  Oct.  25,  1846,  married  Galen  A.  Parker;  Frederick 
P.  Stone,  born  May  7,  1848,  died  Oct.  12,  1851  ;  George  Winthrop, 
born  Sept.  26,  1850,  died  March  26,  185 1  ;  Mary  Almeda,  born  Feb. 
19,  1852,  died  Aug.  21,  1867  ;  George  Hale,  born  July  11,  1854,  mar- 
riedSadie  L.  Dewey  ;  Jennie  Rood,  born  July  lo,  1856. 

Edna  S.  married  Galen  A.  Parker  Nov.  7,  1867.  Children  :  Liz- 
zie Augusta,  born  Jan.  18,  1870  ;  Winthrop  Dana,  born  Oct.  28, 
187 1  ;  Marion  Edna,  born  Oct.  28,  1873  ;  Jennie  Barrus,  born  Oct. 
27,  1879. 

George  H.  Barrus  married  Sadie  L.,  daughter  of  F.  O.  Dewey,  June 

23,  1877.  Bella  Dewey,  daughter  of  George  and  Sadie  Barrus,  boin 
March  24,  1878. 

Lorin  Barrus  married  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Franklin  Naramore, 
June  5,  1848.  Children  :  Walter  Frank,  born  March  24,  1850,  died 
Jan.  23,  185 1  ;  Helen  Lucinda,  born  Oct.  19,  185 1,  married  William 
Bartlett  ;  Charles  Franklin,  born  Dec.  21,  1854;  Frederick  Walter, 
born  1857;  Ann  Lurane,  born  Aug.  5,  1859,  died  Oct.  17,  1877; 
Eva  Elvira,  born  Nov.  1861  ;  Sheridan  Ezra,  born  Sept.  29,  1867  ; 
Josephine  Ruth,  born  Oct.  11,  1869. 

Laura  Ann  Barrus  married  Jacob  Lovell,  Nov.  28,  1850;  resides 
in  Cummington.  Children  :  Ellen  A.,  born  Oct.  5,  1851,  married  Ed- 
ward Warner;  Lizzie  J.,  born  Sept.  17,  1853  ;  Julia  Ann,  born  Sept. 

24,  1855  ;  Hattie  L.,  born  Jan.  14,  1858;  Alvan  E.^  July  ro,  1863, 
died  April,  1869. 

Theron  L.  Barrus  married  Czarina  A.  Robinson  of  Cummington, 
May  17,  1854.  Children:  James  Levi,  born  Oct.  13,  1855,  married 
Nellie  Lesure  ;  Willie  Arthur,  born  Oct.  2,  1857  ;  Edward  T.,  born 
Oct.  14,  186 1  ;  Mary  Almeda,  born  Jan.  11,  1868  :  Lida  Emily,  born 
Aug.  13,  1872. 


142  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

Alvan  Barrus  married  Emeline  P.  Wakefield  of  Reading,  June  29, 
1869.  Children  :  Lena  Wakefield,  born  Nov.  2,  1875  ;  George  Levi, 
b©rn  Dec.  15,  1880. 

Charles  Barrus  married  Clara  Hill  of  Ashfield,  Jan.  i,  1859. 

Children  :  Charles  Stanley,  born  Jan.  9,  i860,  died  in  infancy  ; 
Clifton  Levi,  born  Jan.  15,  186 1  ;  Laura  Almeda,  born  March  13, 
1862;  Flora  A.,  born  June  15,  1863;  Hiram  Austin,  boin  Aug.  13, 
1867  ;  Alvan  G.,  born  Dec.  3,  1868;  Calvin,  born  Dec.  3,  1868,  died 
Aug.  15,  1869  ;  Augusta  L.,  born  May  30,  187 1  ;  Carl  Birdsie,  born 
Dec.  29,  1874;  Walter  Leander,  born  July,  1877. 

Mr.  Levi  Barrus  was  an  industrious,  frugal,  and  thoroughly  honest 
man,  who  minded  his  own  affairs,  shunned  official  positions  of  every 
sort,  and  lived  to  a  good  old  age.  The  Hampsliire  Gazette  oi  March 
27,  1877,  gave  the  following  obituary  notice  of  him  :  "The  death  of 
Mr.  Levi  Barrus,  which  occurred  March  i8lh,  was  not  unexpected 
by  his  family  and  friends.  For  some  months  he  has  been  gradually 
failing,  yet  he  will  be  none  the  less  missed.  Interested  in  every 
good  word  and  work,  whether  of  town  or  church  affairs,  he  held  a 
place  in  the  hearts  of  the  whole  community.  As  far  back  as  we  can 
remember,  we  see  him  sitting  at  the  head  of  his  usually  well-filled 
pew  in  the  church,  and  so  leniently  had  time  dealt  with  him,  that  he 
looked  little  older  to  us  as  we  last  saw  him  in  that  same  place,  not 
very  long  ago.  Especially  will  he  be  missed  in  the  social  gatherings, 
where  he  was  a  constant  and  welcome  guest  as  long  as  his  health 
permitted.  His  last  days  have  been  in  marked  contrast  with  many 
others,  made  peaceful  and  happy  by  the  kind  and  respectful-  atten- 
tion of  his  children.  His  funeral  was  attended  on  Wednesday  last 
by  a  large  circle  of  children,  grand-children,  great-grandchildren  and 
friends.  Mr.  Barrus  leaves  a  wife,  a  most  estimable  woman,  some 
years  younger  than  himself." 

Children  of  Adam  and  Lydia  Beal :  Ezra,  born  Jan.  17,  1778,  in 
Chesterfield  ;  Lydia,  born  July  17,  1780  ;  Ruth,  born  July  24,  1782  j 
Wheat,  June  30,   1784. 

Adam  Beal  removed  to  Vermont,  probably  Fairfield.  It  is  said 
that  he  was  one  of  the  party  that  threw  the  tea  into  Boston  harbor. 

Caleb  Cushman  was  born  in  Woodstock,  Conn.,  Oct.  21,  1749; 
married  Bathsheba,  daughter  of  Asa  and  Mary  Spaulding.  Children  : 
Wealthy,  born  and  died,  1775  i  Rufus,  born  Sept.  18,  1777  j  Wealthy, 


HISTORY   OF    GOSHEX.  143 

born  Oct.  i,  1779  ;  Ralph,  born  April  8,  1782  ;  Calvin,  June  13, 1784 ; 
Theodama,  born  Aug.,  1786,  married  Erastus  Knight  in  1828,  died 
1833;  Minerva,  born  Aug.  20,  1788;  Vesta,  born  Oct.  27,  1790; 
Mary,  born  Nov.  26,  1796,  married  David  Worthington  of  Peru. 

Caleb  Cushman  was  a  descendant  of  Robert  Cushman,  the  Pilgrim, 
born  about  1580,  who  preached  the  first  sermon  ever  printed  in 
America.  The  largest  monument  on  Burial  Hill,  in  Plymouth,  was 
erected  to  his  memory  some  years  since  by  his  descendants.  The 
name  on  the  records  in  Leyden  is  spelt  Coetsman. 

Caleb  Cushman  died  in  Goshen,  Jan.  3,  1809  ;  his  wife  died  Jan. 
17,  1805.  (See  history  of  the  church  for  fuller  account  of  the 
family.) 

The  Carpenter  families  originated  from  Attleboro'.  Ezra,  who 
lived  on  the  Capt.  Tower  farm,  may  have  been  the  father  of  Deacon 
Cyril,  Joab  and  David.  Esther,  wife  of  Ezra,  was  received  to  the 
church  by  letter  from  Plainfield  in  1808.  David  married  Rachel, 
daughter  of  Maj.  Ambrose  Stone,  May  30,  181 1,  and  lived  for  some 
years  in  Cliesterfield.  His  children  were:  Edwin  A.,  born  1S15, 
married  Charlotte  A.,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lyman,  Nov.  30,  1837, 
removed  to  Pleasant  Prairie,  Wis.,  1849  ;  Ezra,  born  1817,  married 
ist,  Martha  Dresser,  2d,  Calista  Packard,  Nov.  27,  185 1  ;  Lurane  A., 
born  1820,  married  Hiram  Packard  ;  Maria,  died  1831  ;  Ambrose  S., 
removed  to  Wisconsin  ;  Alvan  S.,  engaged  in  mining  in  Colorado. 

David  Carpenter  was  a  teacher  in  his  3'ounger  days,  an  accurate 
musician — the  bass  viol  being  his  favorite  instrument,  and  under- 
stood land  surveying. 

Richard  Carpenter  was  of  another  family,  came  from  Amherst,  was 
father-in  law  of  Reuben  Smith. 

Simeon  Cowles  was  also  from  Amherst.  His  children  were  : 
Rufus,  who  married  Emma  Stedman  Oct.  26,  1840,  and  removed 
West ;  Amasa  S.  ;  Esther,  married  Franklin  Naramore,  Feb.  14, 
1833;  Charlotte,  married  Samuel  Luce,  2d,  Oct.  26,  1840;  Mary, 
married  Quarters  Tower,  Nov.  28,  1844  ;  Harriet,  married  J.  J.  Wag- 
ner, Dec.  17,  1845. 

Solomon  Cushman  and  Barney  Prentiss  came  from  Worthington 
about  183 1,  and  purchased  the  mills  on  Swift  River,  which  had  been 
occupied  for  several  years  by  Asa  Partridge.  They  displaced  the 
grist  mill  by  shingle  and  peg-making  machines,  and  sold  to  Samuel 


144  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEK. 

and  Edward  Ranney  about  1837,  ^^^^  manufactured  faucets,  &c. 
Levi  and  Reuben  Gardner,  subsequently  with  S.  Ranney,  as  the  firm 
of  Ranney  and  Gardner,  manufactured  broom  and  biush  handles, 
and  children's  carriages  here.  Samuel  Ranney  married  Flora  Sel- 
den,  and  had  Lyman  ;  Mary,  died  Jan.  1846  ;  Edward  Willis,  born 
Aug.  9,  1843  ')  Mary  L.,  born  March  3,  1849  ;  Josephine,   born  Nov. 

-ir 

The  Damon  family  came  from  Scituate,  or  perhaps  Cohasset,  about 
1770.  Ichabod  was  the  pioneer,  and  had  Ichabod,  Jonathan,  Wil- 
liam, and  Abner.     Abner  married  Louisa  ,  and  lived  on  the  Olds 

place.     His  sons  were  Jared,  father  of  Marlon  ;  Ichabod  ;  Chester  ; 

Abner;  Naomi,   married   Jacob   Lovell  ;  Louisa   married  Bart- 

lett ;  Mary  died  unmarried.  Marlon  Damon  married  Adeline  Camp- 
bell, and  had  Isabel,  who  married  George  Kellogg  ;  and  Elizabeth 
who  married  Edward  Baker. 

Gershom  C.  Damon  was  grandson  of  Gershom  Collier  of  Chester- 
field, one  of  the  party  who  threw  the  tea  overboard  in  Boston  harbor. 

Reuben  Dresser  and  his  brother  Moses  came  from  ('harlton. 
Moses  lived  here  several  years  and  built  a  house  on  the  Simeon 
Cowles  place,  but  sold  out  and  went  back  to  Charlton,  where  he  kept 
a  hotel  for  a  long  time  on  "Dresser  Hill."  Reuben  and  Moses  were 
sons  of  Richard  Dresser,  Jr.,  who  was  born  Sept.  22,  1714;  married 
Dorothy  Marcy,  Nov.  12,1741,  died  1799.  His  father,  Richard,  mar- 
ried Marcy  Peabody,  June  29,  1708;  died  July  31,  1728,  aged  50, 
leaving  a  widow  and  ten  children.  Richard  Dresser,  Jr.,  was  prob- 
ably first  town  clerk  of  Charlton.  In  1771,  Jan.  9,  "in  consideration 
of  the  Paternal  love  and  affection  and  for  the  service  done  for  him 
by  his  son  Reuben  of  Chesterfield,  and  for  the  more  convenient  ac- 
commodation and  settlement  in  the  world,  and  as  his  full  portion  or 
share"  of  the  father's  estate,  he  gave  Reuben  a  deed  of  original  lot 
No.  16  ;  and  also  lot  No.  73,  second  division,  in  what  is  now  Goshen, 
and  is  still  in  possession  of  the  Dresser  family. 

Reuben  Dresser  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Burnell,  Sen., 
of  Chesterfield.  Their  children  were  Reuben,  who  married  Sophia 
Bardwell  for  his  first  wife  and  Sybil  W.  Smith  of  Hadley  for  his 
second.  Amos,  born  April  20,  1784,  died  April  11,  1813  ;  who 
mcrried  Minerva  Cushman,  parents  of  Amos,  born  Dec.  17,  1812  ; 
one  of  the  leaders  in  the  anti-slavery  movement ;  Moses,  who  married 


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Vesta  Cushman  Feb,  3,  1813  ;  Aaron,  twin  brother  of  Moses  ;  Han- 
nab,  who  married  Rev.  Abel  Farley;  Cbloe,  who  married  Dr.  Erastus 
Hawks  ;   Polly,  who  married  Eleazer  Hawks. 

The  children  of  Reuben  Dresser  and  Sophia,  his  wife,  were:  Hen- 
ry, who  died  a  young  man  of  much  promise  ;  Francis,  who  married 
Corinth  Higgins  of  Worthington,  and  removed  West ;  Mary,  married 
Samuel  Loveland  of  Middlefield  j  Sophia,  married  Rev%  Samuel 
Whalley  ;  Laura,  died  unmarried. 

The  children  of  Reuben  Dresser  and  Sybil  W.,  his  second  wife, 
were:  Elizabeth,  who  died  at  the  age  of  19  years  ;  Henry,  who  re- 
moved to  the  West ;  and  Martha,  who  married  Ezra  Carpenter,  and 
died  soon  after,  aged  18. 

The  children  of  Moses  and  Vesta  (Cushman)  Dresser  were  :  Ca- 
leb C,  born  Dee.  19,  1813,  married  Julia  M.,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min White,  Esq.,  Nov.  24,  1842;  Levi,  born  Feb.  28,  1816,  married 
and  resides  in  northern  New  York  ;  George,  born  July  20,  1820,  mar- 
ried Alvey,  daughter  of  Col.  Luther  Stone,  Jan.  14,  1847  '>  ^-  Cbloe, 
born  June  i,  1823,  married  Frederick  W.  Belding,  May  28,  1846; 
W^ealthy,  born  June  24,  1826,  married  Calvin  A.  Packard,  Jan.  15, 
1852  I  Rufus,  born  Dec.  4,  1828,  married  and  resides  in  Easthamp- 
ton  ;  Martha,  born  Oct.  18,  1832,  married  Miles  Farr,  and  resides  in 
St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Sophia  B.,  daughter  of  Caleb  C.  Dresser,  married  Joseph  C.  Bridg- 
inan,  and  removed  West  ;  Helen  M.,  second  daughter,  married  Ed- 
ward Smith  of  Sunderland,  and  died  soon  after;  Albert  B.,  only  son, 
resides  on  the  Dresser  farm  with  the  younger  daughter. 

Henry,  eldest  son  of  George  Dresser,  married  Alice,  adopted 
daughter  of  F.  M.  Pierce,  and  resides  in  Wisconsin  ;  George  C, 
teacher,  resides  with  his  father  ;  Vesta  C,  only  daughter,  married 
Edward  C.  Packard,  died  1879,  leaving  two  children. 

Nathan  Fuller  had  Nathan  Jr.  and  John.  John  married  C'ynthia 
Nash,  grand-daughter  of  Capt.  Robert  Webster,  Dec.  2,  1819,  and 
had  Chester  AL,  who  married  Laura,  daughter  of  David  Beals  ;  Eck- 

fordjWho  removed  10  eastern  New  York  ;  Elvira,  who  married  

Jiurt  ;  Aurelia,  married  Horatio  Bassett ;  Susan,  married  Frank 
Clai:)p  of  Williamsburgh. 

Capt.  John  Grant,  a  man  of  solid  worth,  was  born,  lived  and  died 
on  the  same  farm.     His  great-grandfather  came  from  Scotland,  had 


146  HISTORY    or    GOSHEX. 

four  sons  :  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Moses,  Ebenezer.  Moses  went  to  Bos- 
ton, and  was  perhaps  ancestor  of  the  late  Dea.  Moses  Grant.  John's 
father  was  Asa  Grant,  and  came  here  from  VVrentliam,  1769.  Capt. 
Grant  was  long  a  teacher  of  schools  in  this  and  adjoining  towns, 
often  served  as  a  town  officer,  and  was  a  land  surveyor.  He  died 
March  11,  1861,  at  the  age  of  90.  He  was  born  April  25,  1771'.  He 
outlived  all  his  near  relatives,  but  died  among  friends.  His  sister 
Ruth,  born  in  Braintree,  Jan.  27,  1769,  married  John  Abell  and  re- 
moved to  Fairfield,  Vermont,  to  which  place  the  father  and  mother 
of  Capt.  John  removed.     Theyw^ere  living  there  in'  1807. 

Christopher  Grant,  probably  a  brother  of  Asa,  married  Elizabeth 
.  Their  children  were:  Daniel,  barn  June  12,  1772,  in  Chester- 
field ;  Susannah,  born  July  22,  1777;  Mary,  born  June  28,  1782. 
Christopher  died  Oct.  12,  1782  ;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  died  Aug.  6,  1796. 

Samuel  Grimes  of  Brookfield,  came  in  1769  or  70.  He  married 
Mary  Hinckley.  Their  children  were  :  James,  born  Feb.  7,  1769,  in 
Brookfield;  Samuel,  born  Sept.  2r,  1770,  in  Goshen;  Mary,  born 
March  8,  1772  ;  Charles,  born  Jan.  17,  1774,  removed  to  Genessee, 
N.  Y.  ;  Submitt,  born  Aug.  3,  1775  ;  Abigail,  born  April  2,  1777,  re- 
ceived a  letter  of  dismission  from  church  to  Canawdagua,  N.  Y., 
1802;  William,  born  Jan.  18,  1779;  Sarah,  born  Sept.  4,  1780,  re- 
ceived a  letter  to  Poultney,  1812. 

The  Grover  family  lived  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town  on  what 
is  still  known  as  the  "Grover  Lot."  The  parents  were  Stephen  and 
Zipporah.  The  children  were  :  Barnard,  born  Aug.  2,  1771,  in  West- 
ern; Robert,  born  Aug.  15,  1773;  Sarah,  born  Aug.  5,  1775; 
Stephen,  born  Aug.  24,  1777;  Rebecca,  born  Sept.  29,  1778; 
Stephen,  born  Nov.'2,  1780  ;  Allen,  born  Aug.  21,  1782  ;  Asaph,  born 
Aug.  6,  1790. 

Wm.  Hallock,  of  Brookhaven,  L.  L,  came  here  about  1766.  Fie 
was  by  trade  a  blacksmith,  but  investing  his  money  in  a  small  vessel, 
which  was  lost  by  collision  with  a  British  ship,  he  came  into  the 
country  and  engaged  in  farming.  In  this  pursuit  he  obtained  a  com- 
fortable livelihood,  brought  up  a  large  family,  and  lived  to  the  age  of 
86.  On  the  Sabbath  before  his  death  he  walked  to  church,  a  mile 
and  a  half  distant.  He  had  raised  quite  a  large  crop  of  corn  du ring- 
that  year,  and  while  engaged  in   husking  it  was  taken  unwell.     He 


HISTORY    or    GOSHEX.  147 

sent  for  Esq.  White  and  made  his  will,  and  soon  after  fell  into  a  leth- 
argy, in  which  he  remained  till  his  death  on  the  following  Saturday, 
Oct.  2  1,  1815.  One  of  his  cotemporaries  says  of  him,  ''he  was  a 
good  man  and  had  two  good  sons."  The  church  record  contains  this 
remark  of  him,  "supposed  to  have  been  converted  at  four  years  of 
age."  His  children,  Jeremiah,  Moses,  Polly,  Alice,  and  Bethiah  were 
born  on  Long  Island.  Abigail,  Martha,  Esther  and  Mercy  were  born 
here.  Bethiah  married  Stephen  Hosford.  They  were  the  parents  of 
Mrs.  Rufus  Moore  and  Mrs.  Selah  Bardwell.  The  application  of 
the  name  "Halleck  Weed,"  by  which  it  is  generally  known  here,  to 
the  plant  "Ox-eye  Daisy,"  is  said  to  have  been  suggested  by  the  fact, 
that  Mrs.  Hallock,  on  their  removal  to  this  town,  brought  with  her 
the  seeds  of  the  plant  for  the  beauty  of  its  star-like  flower,  and  partly, 
perhaps,  as  a  memento  of  her  former  home.  (See  Chapter  V.  for 
further  details  of  Hallock  family.) 

The  three  Hawks  brothers,  Jared,  Eleazer  and  Dr.  Erastus,  came 
from  ('harlemont.  They  were  sons  of  Jared  Hawks,  whose  residence 
was  near  the  bridge  over  the  Deerfield  river  at  the  foot  of  the  Haw- 
ley  hill.  He  was  probably  a  descendent  of  John  Hawks,  one  of  the 
original  settlers  of  Hadley,  coming  from  Windsor,  Conn.,  with  other 
pioneers.  John  may  have  been  brother  of  Adam  Hawks  of  Saugus, 
who  was  ancestor  of  Rev.  W.  S.  Hawks  of  South  Hadley. 

Jared  Hawks,  Jr.,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Nehemiah  May, 
Sept.  24,  1799,  and  had  one  son  who  was  deaf  and  dum.b.  Plis 
daughter.  Electa  M.,  married  Rev.  Wm.  Boardman,  Oct.  4,  i<S2o  ; 
another  daughter,  Julia,  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  teacher  in 
Philadelphia,  married  Henry  Gardelle.  Maj.  Joseph  Hawks, 
adopted  son  of  Jared,  married  Emeline,  daughter  of  Willard  Packard, 
Oct.  I,  1834.  Children  :  Julia  May,  married  Henry  B.  Smith  ;  Fan- 
nie E.,  teacher  and  school  committee  ;  Martha  A.,  married  Arthur 
H.  Walkley,  and  resides  in  New  York. 

Eleazer  Hawks  married  Polly  Dresser,  March  23,  1809,  and  had 
Harvey,  Sylvia,  Elvira,  Rodney,  Alcander  and  Amos. 

Dr.  Erastus  Hawks  married  Chloe  Dresser.  Their  children  were  : 
Harriet  N.,  Sophia  A.,  Milo  and  Newton. 

Rev.  Roswell  Hawks  was  another  son  of  Jared,  Sen. 

John  V.  Hunt  of  Plainfield,  married  Lydia  Gloyd  of  Goshen, 
March  6,   1800.     His  oldest  son,   Jonathan,   was   probably  born   in 


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HISTORY    OF    G0SHE:N^. 


PJainfield.  The  records  of  Goshen,  where  the  family  soon  removed, 
name  the  following  children  :  Clarissa,  born  Feb.  7,  1804  ;  Charles, 
born  Oct.  31,  1807  ;  Lowell,  born  July  2,  1810. 

Jonathan  Hunt  married  Lilly  Putney,  and  had  Frederick  P.,  who 
married  Sophia,  daughter  of  Elijah  Billings,  and  removed  to  the 
West;  and  Arthur  P.,  who  married  Josephine  Plimpton,  and  soon 
after  died. 

Charles  Hunt  married  Mary  A.  MacFarland  of  Ashfield. 

Lowell  Hunt  married  Electa  Putney,  and  had  George,  who  resides 
in  Northampton  ;  and  Susie  P.,  the  teacher,  who  married  Ward  D. 
White. 

John  James,  the  pioneer  from  Cohasset,  was  a  man  of  good  busi- 
ness capacity  and  had,  for  his  day,  a  large  property.  He  died  in 
1805,  and  his  son  Malachi  succeeded  to  his  estate.  Malachi,  known 
in  his  maturer  years  as  Captain  James,  was  public  spirited,  gener- 
ous and  social,  and  was  often  in  public  business.  He  was  born  July 
9,  1767  j  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Elias  Lyman  of  Northamp- 
ton, Feb.  18,  1790  ;  died  Aug.  24,  1849.  ^^^  children  were  :  Sophia, 
born  Nov.  iS,  1791,  married  Di'.  Thomas  Sears,  1815  ;  Enoch,  bom 
Dec.  8,  1793  ;  married  A.  K.  Dwight,  died  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich., 
Feb.  28,  1867.  Cliildien  :  Heiu-y  L.,  Lyman  D.,  Martha,  Mary, 
Enoch  Dwight.  Lyman  Jnmt  s,  born  March  23,  1796,  graduate  of 
Williams  College  in  18 iS,  man  ied  Maria  C.  Goodrich,  studied  law, 
died  at  Bellefontaine,  Ala.  ;  Maria,  born  July  2,  1799,  married 
Samuel  Howes  ;  Clarissa,  born  May  18,  1801,  married  J.  D.  Whit- 
ney of  Northampton,  Oct.  13,  1834,  and  had  James  L.,  graduate 
of  Yale,  1856,  Professor  in  Harvard  College  ;  Harvey  M.,  graduate 
of  Yale,  1864,  Prof,  in  Beloit  College  ;  Luther  James,  born  July  13, 
1803,  a  wealthy  and  retired  business  man  of  Ann  Arbor  ;  Lewis  L. 
James,  born  May  8,  1805,  a  New  York  merchant,  married  Cerintha 
Wells;  Elizabeth,  married  A.  L.  Babcock  ;  Rachel  L.,  born  1812, 
married  David  Storrs. 

The  early  records  of  the  town  give  the  following  list  as  the  chil- 
dren of  Moses  and  Rebekah  James:  John,  born  Aug.  6,  1786; 
Moses  and  Aaron,  twins,  born  April  10,  1788;  Hannah,  born  July 
24,  1790  ;  Lois,  born  Oct.  29,  1792  ;  Rebekah,  born  Aug.  17,  1794; 
Francis,  born  May  24,  1796;  Lurany  R.,  born  April   15,  1800. 

It'is  said  there  were  three  pairs  of   twins    in   town    of   nearly  the 


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same  age,  each  named  Moses  and  Aaron — children  of  Reuben 
Dresser,  Joseph  Jepson  and  Moses  James. 

The  children  of  John  and  Betsey  Jipson  are  on  record,  as  follows  : 
Sally,  born  Feb.  2,  1779;  Lucretia,  born  Jan.  15,  1781  ;  Forrist, 
born  March  4,  17S3  ;  twins,  born  and  died  Oct.  1784;  Bstsey,  born 
Sept.  19,  1785  ;  John,  born  Aug.  5,  1787  ;  Cyrel,  born  June  12, 
1789  ;  Tirza,  born  May  29,  1791  ;  Marcia,  born  May  22,  1793. 

Joseph  Jipson,  brother  of  John,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Robert  Webster.  They  had  Joseph,  who  married  Mary  Hast- 
ings, and    resided  in   Goshen  ;  William  ;  Moses  and  Aaron,  twins  ; 

Hannah  married  Newell  ;  Theodocia.      Aaron  married   Fanny 

Hibbard,  and  resided  in  Springfield.  Joseph's  children  were  : 
Anson,  who  removed  to  the  West;  Alzadee,  who  married  Elijah 
Jordan  ;  Mary  Ann,  who  married  Gilson  Judd  of  Northampton  ; 
Francis,  who  married and  removed  West. 

The  records  give  the  following  list  of  children  of  [Robert  and 
Eunice  King,  nearly  all  born  in  Half  Moon,  N.  Y.  :  Eunice,  born 
Nov.  22,  1794;  John,  born  Nov.  i6,  1795;  Lucy,  born'' July  29, 
1798;  Polly,  born  March  9,  1801  ;  Andrew,  born  June  9,  1803; 
Robert,  born  Jan.  1,  1807  ;  Dolly  E.,  born  Oct.  24,  1809  ;  James  H., 
born  March  23,  1813  ;  William  H.,  born  Dec.  15,  1815  ;  Elisha,  born 
Dec.  13,  1818.     The  last  named  two  born  in  Goshen. 

The  Kingmans  came  from  Bridgewater  to  Goshen,  and  were  prob- 
ably descendants  of  Henry  of  Weymouth,  who  came  from  Wales  in 
1632.  Isaac  Kingman  married  Content,  daughter  of  James  Packard, 
176S,  and  removed  to  this  town  some  years  previous  to  1780,  when 
he  sold  his  homestead  to  Maj.  Ambrose  Stone.  The  sons  of  Isaac 
were  Isaac  and  Levi  of  Cummington,  and  Reuben  of  Goshen  ;  the 
daughters  were  Content,  married  Lewis  Thayer  and  removed  to 
Conneaught,  Ohio;  Jemima,  married*  Asa  Bates;  and  Parthena, 
married  Seth  Ford. 

Levi  Kingman  married  Theodocia,  daughter  of  Joshua  Packard, 
1817.  They  were  the  parents  of  Hon.  Richmond  P.  Kingman,  now 
of  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  and  also  of  Augustus  F.  and  Roldan  P. 

Reuben  Kingman  married  Betsey  Clark   of   Plainfield,   1808,    and 

had  Henry  ;  Harriet,    married  first, Hannum,    second,    Cyrus 

Miller;    Fidelia;    Alvan,   who   married   Louisa    Sherman;   Samuel, 


150  HISTORY  OV  GOSHEK. 

married  Eliza  A.  Ranney ;  Levi  C,  married  Sarah  A.  Ranney, 
Daviel,  married  Harriet  Richards;  Sarah,  married  James  Kinney, 

The  Lyon  families  came  from  Woodstock,  Conn.,  and  were  descen- 
dants of  William  Lyon,  who  came  from  London  in  1635  to  Roxbiiry 
in  the  ship  "Hopewell,"  at  the  age  of  fourteen. 

Caleb  and  Margaret  of  Woodstock  had  thirteen  children  :  Debo- 
rah, born  1729,  married  AUerton  Cushman,  1748  ;  Benjamin,  born 
1730^  married  Sarah  May  ;  Margaret,  born  1732,  married  Col.  Ezra 
May;  Caleb,  born  1734;  Lieut.  Wm.,  born  1736,  married  Mary 
Tufts,  1772,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  ;  Lieut. 
Lemuel,  born  1738,  removed  to  Goshen;  John  and  Luther,  twins, 
born  1740,  John  married  Mary  Evans,  1767,  Luther  married  Mary 
Friskelt,  1771;  Levi,  born  1742,  married  Ruth  Fitch;  Molly,  born 
^745  '}  Sylvanus,  born  1748,  probably  removed  to  Goshen;  Cyrus, 
born  1750,  removed  to  Goshen;  Susannah,  born  in  1752. 

Lieut.  Lemuel  Lyon  married  first,  Hannah  Dresser  of  Southbridge, 
cousin  of  Reuben  Dresser,  Sen.,  and  had  Joel,  born  Aug.  17,  1764  ; 
Cena,  born  Feb.  26,  1766,  married  Sylvenas  Stone,  perhaps  brother 
of  Dea.  Artemus,  and  removed  to  Williamstovvn.     Mrs.  Hannah  died 

Nov.  10,  1766,  and  Lieut.  Lyon  married  second,  Mary .     Their 

children  were  :  Hannah,  born  August  16,  1773,  and  Silas,  born  May 
22,  1780.  Silas  was  a  graduate  of  Williams  College,  became  a  law- 
yer, and  in  a  deed  given  in  1809,  describes  himself  of  Boston. 
Lieut.  Lemuel  removed  to  Williamstown,  and  the  church  records  in 
Goshen  state  that  he  died  in  New  York  City — perhaps  his  son  Silas 
removed  there.  Silvanus  Stone  removed  to  Williamstown,  and  kept 
a  hoteTthere  for  many  years.  His  sons  were  Silas,  who  continued 
the  hotel  business,  Chester  and  Pomeroy. 

Cyrus  Lyon,  brother  of  Lieut.   Lemuel,    married    Mary ,    and 

had  Abell,  born  May  15,  1778;  Luther,  born  Aug.  26,  1780;  Eliza- 
beth, born  Aug.  22,  1782,  died  1819;.  Elias,  born  Sept;  i,  1784. 

Abell  Lyon,  then  of  Swanton,  Vt.,  married  Lucinda  Olds,  Feb.  20, 
1804;  Elias  Lyon  married  Relief  Thayer  of  Hawley,  in  1813,  and 
had  Maryland  Betsey  and  perhaps  others. 

Cyrus  Lyon  died  Feb.  12,  1831  ;  Hannah^  his  second  wife,  died 
March  20,  18 13,  aged  59. 

The  Lymains  on  their  way  to  this  town  had  three  resting  places — 
Roxbury,   Hartford,   Northampton.     Richard,  the  pioneer,   came   to 


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New  England  and  settled  first  in  Roxbury  with  several  children  : 
Phillis,  Richard,  Sarah,  John,  and  probably  another.  He  joined  the 
church  there,  but  we  learn  from  the  Apostle  Eliot's  record  of  church 
members,  that  "when  the  great  removal  was  made  to  Connecticut,  he 
also  went,  undergoing  much  affliction,  for,  going  toward  winter,  his 
cattle  were  lost  in  driving,  and  some  never  found  again."  He  settled 
at  Hartford,  but  died  in  1640.  His  son  John  had  John,  Jr.,  who  was 
the  father  of  Gad  Lyman  of  Northampton,  who  was  born  Feb.  1$, 
17 13.  He  married  Thankful  Pomeroy,  daughter  of  the  famous  gun- 
smith, June  22,  1738.  He  became  a  large  owner  of  land  in  Goshen 
while  it  was  yet  a  forest,  and  late  in  life  removed  here  and  resided 
with  his  son  Timothy.     He  died  Oct.  '24,  1791. 

Timothy,  born  in  Northampton,  July  26,  1746,  married  in  1770 
Hannah  Colson,  who  was  brought  up  in  the  family  of  Major  Joseph 
Hawley,  and  removed  to  this  town  the  same  year.  Mrs.  .Lyman,  a 
relative  of  Adam  Colson,  one  of  the  persons  engaged  in  throwing 
British  tea  overboard  in  1773,  came  to  Northampton,  riding  the  whole 
distance  on  horseback  behind  Major  Hawley,  on  his  return  from  Bos- 
ton when  he  represented  the  town  in  the  Legislature.  The  old  Ly- 
man mansion  here  was  built' in  1797,  it  is  said,  by  Mrs.  Lyman's 
great  uncle,  Colson  of  Boston.  The  children  of  Lieut.  Timo- 
thy and  Hannah  Lyman,  were  :  Jerusha,  born , ;  John 

C,  born  Jan.  20,  1775  ;  William,  born  Feb.  21,  1778  ;  Timothy,  born 

,  1780  ;  Francis,  born  Feb.  3,  1781  ;  Thomas,  born  Feb.   12, 

1783;  Abigail,  who  married  Dr.  Daniel  Pierce. 

Jerusha,  married  George  Salmon,  Nov.  10,  1796.  They  united 
with  the  church  here,  Nov.  1798,  and  were  dismissed  to  Wolcott, 
N.  Y.,  P'eb.  1814.  Their  children  born  in  this  town  wer«  :  Augusta, 
May  17,  1798  ;  Jerusha,  Aug.  6,  1801  ;  Mary,  May  31,  1803  ;  others 
died  young. 

John  C.  Lyman  married  Susannah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Burgess,  Nov. 
7,  1799  :  had  Adam  Colson,  born  1800,* died  a  young  man  of  bril- 
liant promise,  Oct.  9,  1823;  Benjamin  B.  ;  Christiana.  This  family 
removed  to  Cummington. 

William  Lyman,  born  Feb.  21,  1778,  removed  to  Schenectady, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  became  a  prominent  and  successful  business  man. 

Timothy  Lyman,  Jr.,  better  known  as  "Colonel"  Lyman,  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  William  White,  Esq.,  Feb.  16,  1804.     They  had 


152  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

no  children.  Col.  Lyman  was  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  was  often 
called  to  serve  in  important  affairs  at  home  and  abroad.  He  died 
great!}'  lamented,  Dec.  26,  1831.      His  widow  died  Nov.  21,  1862. 

Capt.  Francis  Lyman,  married  first,  Helen,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Mitchell,  Esq.,  of  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  and  had  William,  born  1810, 
who  became  a  physician  of  extended  practice  and  was  surg^eon  in 
Gen.  Grant's  army.       He  died  in  1866.      Hugh  M.,  the  second  son, 

was   born   Oct.   21,    1814,    married   Kingman,    and   resided    in 

Wotthington ;  died  1869.  The  mother  died  Aug.  26,  1831,  and  Capt. 
Francis,  married  second,  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Solomon  Parsons, 
April  10,  i&^^S-  Their  children  were  :  Timothy  P.,  born  Aug.  7, 
1834,  who  married  Mrs.  Jennie  Rice;  Helen;  Maiy  and  P'rancis 
died  1844. 

Thomas  Lyman,  married  Dorcas  Smith,  Oct.  5,  1813.  Their  chil- 
dren were  :  Thankful  P.,  born  Dec.  12,  1815  ;  Frederick  W.,  born 
March  31,  1817  ;  Charlotte  Augusta,  born  Sept.  30,  i8j8;  Timothy, 
born  1820,  died  1829  ;  Thomas,  born  1822,  died  1830. 

F.  VV.  Lyman,  married  Sarah  W.,  daughter  of  Samuel  Naramore, 
March  6,  1S44.  Their  oldest  son,  Henry  Frank,  was  born  June  26, 
1845.  They  removed  soon  after  to  Southport,  now  Kenosha,  Wis., 
their  present  residence.  Their  children  born  there  are  :  Agnes,  Liz- 
zie, Frederick  and  Richard.  Mr.  Lyman,  since  his  residence  in  the 
West,  has  been  largely  engaged  in  the  sale  and  manufacture  of  shoes. 
He  has  an  orange  grove  in  Florida,  where  of  late  years  he  spends  his 
winters.  He  is  a  man  of  extensive  and  varied  information,  and  has 
done  much  for  the  improvement  of  the  public  scho.ols  and  for  other 
important  interests  of  his  adopted  state. 

Calvin  Loomis,  born  in  Springfield,  son  of  Jonathan,  was  a  resi- 
dent here  for  about  forty  years,  and  died  Dec.  13,  1878,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-nine  years — one  of  the  oldest  persons  that  ever  died  in  this 
town — perhaps  the  oldest.  Anna,  his  wife,  died  Jan.  9,  1877,  aged 
ninety-four.  Children  :  Lyman  A.,  married  Susannah  Beals,  1836  ; 
Alanson^  married  Butts  ;  Almon  B. ;  Maria,  married  S.  Hatha- 
way, 1836  ;  Amanda,  married  Jackson  Willcutt,  1840. 

Almon   B.,  married  Hester,  daughter  of   Rev.  Wm.  Willcutt,  1840, 

and  had  :  Lucy,  married ;  Eliza,  married  Joseph  Rogers  ; 

Eunice,  married  Alcander  Hawks  ;  Almond,  died  Oct.  4,  1864,  aged 
7  years. 


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Samuel  Luce,  married  first,  Polly,  probably  daughter  of  Reuben 
Howes,  Sept.  9,  1802.  Children:  Lorin,  born  1803,  died  July  4, 
1834  ;  Samuel,  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Jacob  Dyer,  Nov.  29,  1836  ; 
Sears,  married  Vashti  C.  Merritf,  1839. 

Samuel  Luce,  Sen.,  married  second,  Cynthia  Tilton,  Jan.  22,  1840. 

Phinehas  Manning,  from  Stafford,  Conn.,  married  Abigail  Allen 
of  Ashfield,  1790.  He  died  Oct.  22,  1832,  agdd  77.  She  died  Sept. 
22,  1856,  aged  94.  Children  :  John,  married  Betsey  Tower,  1817  ; 
Hannah,  married  Daniel  Williams  of  Florida,  1820  ;  Lydia,  married 
Samuel  Lamman of  Florida,  182 1  ;  Abigail,  married  Leonard  Thacher 
of  Florida,  1828  ;  George  W.,  married  Asenath  Beaman,  Dec.  3, 
1833;  Sally  died  unmarried. 

Children  of  Geo.  W.  and  Asenath  Manning  :  Augustus,  Geo.  W., 
Joel,  John,  William  and  Abigail. 

William  Meader  came  from  Nantucket,  where  his  first  child,  Debo- 
rah Jr.,  was  born  Nov.  14,  1778  ;  William  Jr.  was  born  in  Goshen, 
Sept.  29,  1781  ;  Jonathan,  born  Dec.  21,  1783. 

Col.  Ezra  May  was  an  important  man  in  the  early'setllement  here 
in  municipal  and  ecclesi^stica)  matters.  He  was  one  of  the  first  dea- 
cons of  the  church  in  Chesterfield,  and  almost  constantly  employed 
in  public  service.  He  was  commissioned  Colonel  of  the  2d  Hamp- 
shire Regiment,  Feb.  8,  1776.  Pay  rolls  at  the  State  House  show 
that  he  was  sent  on  an  expedition  to  Stillwater  and  Saratoga  in  1777. 
Dexter  May,  his  son,  was  with  him.  One  company  in  his  regiment 
was  commanded  by  Capt.  Christopher  Banister.  Nehemiah  May, 
son  of  Ezra,  was  in  Banister's  company  which  marched  to  Benning- 
ton on  alarm,  by  request,  Aug.  17,  1777,  to  re-inforce  the  army  near 
that  place.  The  oldest  brother  of  Ezra,  Nehemiah  of  Brimfield,'was 
a  captain  in  the  14th  Hampshire  Regiment  under  Col.  Pyncheon. 
This  Neliemiah  had  four  sons  in  the  service  :  Rev.  William  served  as 
chaplain,  Ches4er,  Ezra  and  Rufus.  Col.  Ezra  had  nine  other  near 
relatives  in  tlie  army,  of  whom  two  were  Colonels,  one  Major,  one 
Captain  and  tvvo  Corporals. 

The  Goshen  Mays  were  probably  descendants  of'John^of  Roxbury, 
where  the  Mays  and  Lyons  were  early  residents  and  land-owners 
There  were  many  of  the  name  in  Woodstock,  whence  several  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Goshen  came.     Lieut.  Nehemiah  Mav,  born  in  Rox- 


154  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

burv,  June,  1701,  died  in  Woodstock,  May  i,  1753,  married  Mehitable 
Holbrook,  Nov.  30,  1726. 

Children  :  Mary,  born  Oct.  23,  1727  ;  Capt.  Nehemiah,  born  Jan. 
31,  1729,  died  Dec.  27,  1793,  married  Annah,  daughter  of  VVm.  Lyon  ; 
Col.  Ezra,  born  Dec.  16,  1731,  died  Jan.  11,  1778,  married  Margaret 
Lyon  ;  Sarah,  born  Oct.  22,  1733,  died  March,  1818,  married  Benja- 
min Lyon  ;  Hannah,  born  1736,  died  1744  ;  Prudence,  born  May  25, 
1740,  died  Dec.  19,  1810,  married  Daniel  Lyon  ;  Eliakim,  born  1742, 
died  March  27,  1816,  married  Martha  Lyon. 

Capt.  Nehemiah  removed  from  Woodstock  to  Brimfieid  in  1752, 
and  bought  of  his  father-in-law,  Wm.  Lyon,  the  farm  now  owned  by 
Henry  A.  May  of  Boston,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  much  infor- 
mation in  regard  to  the  May  and  Lyon  families. 

The  chihlren'of  Col.  Ezra  and  Margaret  May,  were  :  Col.  Nehe- 
miah, born  1754,  died  Sept.  20,  1813;  Dexter;  Prudence;  Maiy  ; 
Sarah,  born  Dec.  27,  1763,  died  1804;  Calvin,  born  April  15,  1765, 
died  Jan.  21,,  1842  ;  Caleb,  born  Sept.  18,  1770  ;  Eleanor,  born  Sept. 
15,  1773,   died    1777  ;  Hannah,  born    1776,  died    1777. 

Col.  Nehemiah  married  Susannah,  sister  of  Justin  Parsons,  Nov. 
27,  1777,  a  woman  of  rare  piety,  who  died  Sept.  10,  1817.  The  chil- 
dren of  Col,  Nehemiah  and  Susannah  May,  were  :  Hannah,  born 
Oct.  25,  1778,  married  Jared  Hawks;  and  Electa,  born  March  12, 
1781,  married  Rev.  Cyrus  Kingsbury,  missionary  to  the  Indians,  who 
graduated  at  Brown  University  1812,  Andover  1815,  died  1870. 

Dexter  May  married  Mary  Paine  of  Williamsburgh,  and  had  Dea. 
Ezra,  born  Oct.  22,  1780,  died  near  Belvidere,  III.  ;  Clarissa,  born 
July  2,  1782,  married  Dea.  Oliver  Nash  of  Williamsburgh  ;  Mary, 
born, Nov.  13,   1784. 

Prudence  May  married  Rev.  Isaac  Babbitt,  of  Charleraont  ;  Mary 
May  married  Dr.  Nathaniel  Naramore  ;  Sarah,  the  first  person  born 
in  Goshen,  married  Elisha  Morton  of  Williamsburgh,  died  May  19, 
1804.     He  died  1839. 

Children  of  Sarah  and  Elisha  Morton:  Sarah,  born  Dec.  6,  1793, 
died  1801  ;  Mary,  born  1795,  died  1802  ;  Elisha,  born  Jan.  18,  1797, 
died  1872  ;  Nehemiah  May,  born  April  4,  1799,  died  July  8,  1878; 
Consider,  bo^  n  Nov.  18,  1801,  died  Dec.  29,  1872. 

Dr.  Calvin  May,  graduate  of  Yale  College,  1786,  married  Mary 
Hyatt  in  the  year  1800,  in  Highgate,  Vt.  Children  :  Dr.  Horatio  N., 
born  in  St.  Armand,  Canada,  died  1848,  having  successfully  practiced 


HISTORY    OE    GO^SHEN^.  loo 

medicine  in  his  native  town  during  his  life;  Joseph  Edwin,  born  1802, 
resides  in  Belvddere,  111.  ;  Lucia  M.,  married  Rev.  J.  A.  Fitch  of  Shel- 
don, Vt.  ;  Ezra,  born  1812,  a  man  of  position  and  wealtii,  resides  in 
Belvidere  ;  Samuel  H.,  of  the  firm  of  S.  H.  May  &  Co.  of  Montreal  ; 
Miriam  C,  born  1817  ;  Prudence,  married  Rev.  Wm.  Jones  of 
Broome,  P.  Q.  ;  Walter,  born  1820,  died  1857. 

Caleb  May  removed  to  South  Carolina,  but  nothing  further  is 
known. 

Shepard  Mojre,  married  first,  Mary  Carpenter,  second.  Widow 
Susannah  Ames  of  Buckland,  Aug.  22,  1822.  Children  :  Rufus,  Ab- 
ner  C.;Eetsey,  married  Enoch  Shaw  of  Buckland,  Oct.  25,  1812  ;  Polly, 
mariied  Martiii  Brackelt,  same  date  ;  Fanny,  married  Zfph;iniah 
Richmond,  March  27,  1819. 

Rufus  Moore,  married  Hannali  Hosford,  Feb.  21,  18 13,  and  had 
William  ;  Emery,  married  Finette  Jewett  ;  Sarah  ;  Mary,  married 
Capt.  Fordyce  Rice  ;  and  Stephen,  who  died  young.  Rufus  Moore 
and  his  son  Emery  removed  to  Williainstown. 

Abner  C.  Moore,  married  Luena  P.  Slack,  Sept.  25,  1829,  and  had 
Fanny,  Ann,  Julia  P.,  Edna  S.,  Saiah,  Chauncey,  David,  He 
removed  with  his  family  in  1852,  to  Benton,  Illinois,  and  died  a  few 
years  later.  Chauncey,  enlisted  in  the  42d  Illinois  Vols.,  served 
nearly  three  years  and  was  killed  at  Chattanooga. 

Freeborn  Mayhew,  (not  Freeman  as  incorrectly  given  on  page  71, 
No.  56)  from  Martha's  Vineyard,  was  probably  a  descendant  of 
the  missionary  family  of  that  name,  the  early  settlers  of  the  island. 
His  son,  William,  born  in  this  town,  became  a  wealthy  merchant  of 
Baltimore,  who  was  greatly  respected  for  his  public  spirit  and  private 
virtues.  The  family  early  removed  to  Charlemont,  l.aving  sold  the 
farm  to  Rolon  Rogers  also  from  the  Vineyard.  Robert  Rogers, 
nephew  of  Rolon,  visited  his  uncle  in  later  years,  remained  witii  him 
till  his  decease,  and  inherited  the  property. 

Joseph  Bassett,  a  neighbor  of  the  Rogers  family,  who  had  been 
mate  of  a  vessel,  removed  here,  bringing  with  him  his  log-book, 
which  is  in  possession  of  Joseph  Rogers,  one  of  his  descendants.  The 
family  have  a  tradition  (hat  bears  were  quite  numerous,  and  trouble- 
some to  the  pioneers.  It  is  said  that  they  infested  the  woods  to  such 
an  extent  that  hunting  parties  often  turned  out  to  destroy  them.     The 


156  HISTORY  OP  goshe:n^. 

children  in  one  of  these  famih'es,  on  the  lookout  one  evening  for  the 
return  of  the  absent  father,  thought  they  saw  him  approach.  As  they 
were  about  to  open  the  door  to  admit  him  the  mother  prevented  it. 
The  apparition  passed  by,  and  soon  after,  on  the  coming  of  the  father, 
the  tracks  in  the  snow  indicated  that  a  bear  of  the  largest  size  had 
been  the  visitor. 

Robert  Rogers  married  Ruth  Bassett,  1830.  Children  :  Joseph, 
married  Eliza,  daughter  of  A.  B.  Loomis  ;  Martha,  married  Joseph 
Beals  j  Maria  Rogers,  married  VVm.'S.  Allen  -,  Emeline  ;  Otis. 

Joseph  Bassett    had  Silas,  Mayhew,  Jane,  Mary, -Ruth,  Cynthia. 

Samuel  Naramore,  from  Woodstock,  Conn.,  married  Deborah  Col- 
ton,  came  early  to  this  town,  owned  No.  4,  page  68,  died  Dec.  9,  1777, 
at  the  age  of  47.  Children  :  Dr.  Nathaniel,  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Col.  Ezra  May,  Jan.  22,  1789  ;  Thaddeus,  married  Rebecca, 
sister  of  Rev.  Justin  Parsons,  Nov.  5,  1788,  and  removed  to 
Vermont;  Elizabeth,  married  Dr.  John  Kittredge,  May  12  1791  ;  Al- 
pheus ;  Sally,  married  Thomas  Whitcomb,  Feb.  7,  1793;  Capt. 
Joseph,  married  Olive,  daughter  of  Abel  Packard,  1786.  He  died 
Oct.  3,  1834,  aged  75  ;  she  died  Se}:t  10,  1835,  aged  69.  Children  : 
Clarissa,  born  Feh.  3,  1789,  married  Adam  G.  Porter,  1809  ;  Olive  P., 
born  June  11,  1791,  married  Solomon  Hawks  of  Shelburne,  Dec.  2, 
1819;  Samuel,  born  Aug.  30,  1793,  died  Oct.  4,  1829,  married  Aure- 
lia,  daughter  of  Elijah  Bardwell,  and  had  Sarah  Worthington,  who 
married  Y.  W.  Lyman  ;  and  Joseph,  w  ho  removed  to  the  West ;  De- 
borah, born  Oct.  24,  1795,  mariiid  Robert  Dawes,  Jr.,  Dec.  4,  1821  ; 
Abigail,  married  Dea.  I.  W.  Briggs,  Aug.  8,  1826;  Esther,  married 
1829,  John  W.  Norton  ;  Electa,  married  Eben  Parsons,  Dec.  7,  1823. 

Alpheus  Naramore  married  Marcy,  daughter  of  William  White, 
Esq.,  Nov.  17,  1 79 1.  Children  :  William  W.,  born  Jan.  24,  1793, 
removed  to  Bridgeport,  Conn.  ;  Ezra,  born  April  15,  1795  ;  Tryphosa, 
born  July  8,  1797,  married  Willard  Parsons;  Franklin,  born  Feb.  16, 
1800,  died  in  Goshen,  Aug.  16,  1854;  Amos,  born  April  3,  1802, 
removed  to  Conn.  ;  Alpheus,  born  Feb.  23,  1805,  died,  1808  ; 
Alpheus,  Sen,,  died  May,  i8c6,  aged  40  years.  Mrs.  May  died  Feb. 
23:  -1813,  aged  48  years. 

Franklin  Naramore  married  first,  Wealthy,  daughter  of  Solomon 
Parsons,  Feb.  27,  1823,  and  had  Lucinda,  who  married  Lorin  Barrus  ; 
and  Charles  L.,  who  died  Aug.  i,  1854,  aged  23.  Mr.  Naramore 
married  second,  Esther  Cowles,  daughter  of  Simeon,  and  had  Henry 


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L. ;  Wealthy,  who  married  Eraslus  Brown,  iVEarch,  1858.  Mrs.  Esther 
died  May  21,  1840,  aged  30  years.  Mr„  Maramore  married  third, 
Caroline  J.,  daughter  of  Robert  Webster,  Oct.  3,  1847,  and  had  Mar- 
tha C  ,  born  July  20,  1848,  died  Aug.  4,1854;  Frank,  born  March 
26,  1S51,  died  July  31,  1854;  Willie,  born  June  26,  1852,  died 
July  25",  1854.     Several  other  children  died  young. 

Henry  L.  Naramore,  son  of  Franklin,  married  first,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Richmond  Jenkins,  and  had  Martha  A., born  Feb.  22,  i860  ;  Elmer 

E.,   born    July   7,     1861.      He   married   second, ,  and   now 

resides  in  Sharon,  Mass.  He  was  connected  for  some  time  with 
Ryder  of  Bosjon,  in  the  manufacture  of  organs. 

Arvin  Nash  of  Plainfield,  married  lirst,  Lucinda  Vinton,  and  had 
Eunice,  who  married  Capt.  F.  Rice  ;  Martha,  who  married  Charles 
Lamb  of  New  York  ;  Maria  ;  Jacob  S.     The  mother  died   Sept.  28, 

1835,  aged  42,  and  Mr.  Nash  married,  second,  Mrs.  Dorothy  Covell, 

1836.  Their  children  were  :  James  and  Mary.  The  second  mother 
died  Sept.  22,  1841,  aged  42.  Mr.  Nash  married,  third.  Miss  Lucre- 
tia  Pixley  of    Plainfield,  and  a  few  years  later  removed  to  that  town. 

Mrs.  Lamb  was  born  in  Plainfield,  came  here  when  about  five 
years  old,  and  was  a  pupil  of  the  school  in  the  north-west  district  for 
ten  or  twelve  years.  She  then  taught  school  here,  and  afterwards  in 
Nrtw  Jersey,  and  wrote  occasionally  for  the  press.  The  following 
interesting  account  of  her  subsequent  literary  labor  is  condensed 
from  the  New  York  correspondence  of  a  leading  Boston  paper.  She 
furnishtis  another  brilliant  example  of  what  caji  be  accomplished  by 
faithful  effort  and   study. 

New  York-,  Dec.  2S,  1879. 

"I  am  always  at  work  before  eight  in  the  morning."  This  was  said  to  me  by 
Mrs.  Martha  J.  Lamb,  the  authores?.  This  means  unusually  early  rising,  particu- 
larly in  the  winter,  and  more  particularly  in  New  York,  where  nine  o'c'ock  is  a 
fairly  early  breakfast  hour.  Mrs.  Lamb  is  known  as  the  writer  of  "The  History  of 
Ne^v  York."  It  is  being  brought  out  in  elegant  style  by  Barnes  &  Co.,  one  volume 
having  be«n  issued  about  a  year  ago.  The  second  and  last  is  nearing  completion. 
These  volumes  are  heavy  quartos,  and  the  work,  when  completed,  will  form  the 
most  extended  one  ever  written  by  a  woman.  For  thirteen  years  Mrs.  Lamb  has 
been  engaged  upon  this  history.  The  writing  was  long  ago  completed,  but  the 
labor  of  revision,  elaboration  and  condensation,  far  exceeds  that  of  reading,  com- 
piling and  putting  into  manuscript  form. 

She  does  not  spare  herself  any  labor  in  this  work.  If,  by  re-writing  sentences  or 
paragraphs  for  the  tenth  time,  a  subject  can  be  more  clearly  or  concisely  presented, 


158  HISTORY  OF  GOSHElSr. 

she  conscientiously  attacks  the  work.  It  is  by  methods  like  these  that  Mrs.  Lamb 
has  accomplished  so  much,  for  she  has  done  much  writing  outside  of  her  history. 
She  has  published  children's  stories,  countless  short  stories,  a  novel  called  "Spicy," 
many  magazine  articles,  and  still  contributes  editorials  to  weekly  journals.  She 
was  the  first  person  to  write  a  popular  descriptive  article  on  the  state  department 
at  Washington.  This  was  published  in  Harper's.  To  the  same  publication  she 
contributed  an  article  on  the  "Coast  Survey,"  which  has  since  been  made  into  a 
text-book  for  use  in  collegiate  courses.  Mrs.  Lamb's  first  books  were  not  pub- 
lished under  her  own  name.  She  shielded  her  identity  behind  the  modest  nom  de 
plume  of  "Auiit  Mattie,"  the  little  series  of  play-school  stories,  published  in  1S69, 
became  known  as  "Aunt  Mattie's  Library."  Her  latest  publication  is  that  beauti- 
ful holiday  work,  "The  Picturesque  Homes  of  America."  Mrs.  Lamb's  literary  in- 
clination is  probably  a  bent  of  the  mind  traceable  to  inheritance,  as  one  of  her  an- 
cestors was  Treadway  Russel  Nash,  D.D.,  the  author  of  a  great  folio  work,  entitled 
"Collections  for  the  History  of  Worcestershire."  She  showed  this  inclination 
very  early  in  life,  writing  verses  when  only  ten  years  of  age.  Her  fust  printed 
article  appeared  when  she  was  thirteen  years  old.  It  was  called  forth  by  a  visit  to 
her  mother's  birthplace.     It  was  printed  in  the  HatnpaUre  Gazette,  Northampton. 

Despite  the  facts  that  Mrs.  Lamb  has  been  for  a  long  time  a  resident  of  New 
York,  and  that  her  name  is  connected  with  the  history  of  that  State,  she  is  of  New 
England  birth  and  education.  She  was  born  in  Plainfield,  Mass..  not  far  from  the 
birthplace  of  William  Cullen  Bryant,  of  whom  her  father  was  an  old  friend.  Mrs. 
Lamb's  love  of  historical  reading  showed  itself  from  the  time  when  she  began  to 
read,  and  she  has  pursued  it  with  enthusiasm  all  her  life.  She  never  thought,  how- 
ever, of  putting  her  knowledge  to  practical  use  until  the  editor  of  a  New  York 
paper  made  the  suggestion  to  her.  Of  cours",  the  magnitude  of  her  work  in  its 
present  form  she  had  no  conception  of.  It  has  grown  steadily  with  her  own  knowl- 
edge, and  by  reason  of  the  high  standard  which  just  such  workers  must  always 
have  before  them.  When  the  history  is  fairly  out  of  her  hands  Mrs.  Lamb's  plans 
are  by  no  means  exhausted.  She  then  contemplates  a  work  on  art,  or  ri  ther  she 
intends  to  complete  and  j^erfect  one  that  is  already  begun.  It  is  to  be  a  concise 
history  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  art.  It  is  the  aim  to  make  it  general  and  accu- 
rate without  tiresome  detail. 

In  social  life  Mrs.  Lamb  takes  not  a  little  pleasure.  Her  enjoyment  of  friendly 
gatherings  is  confined  largely  to  5  o'clock  teas  and  evening  receptions.  Sb.e 
receives  New  Year's  day,  this  year,  at  Washington,  with  Mrs.  Chief  Justice  Waite. 
Mrs.  Lamb  is  said  to  brighten  many  festivals  with  her  little  poems,  which  often 
partake  of  a  humorous  character,  and  represent  her  mental  recreations.  The  fel- 
lowing  is  a  pretty  sentiment,  and  was  written  on  the  occasion  of  a  golden  wedding 
of  a  friend  : 

There's  no  such  thing  as  growing  old, 
Though  years  on  years  roll  by ; 
Though  silvery  white  becomes  the  hair, 
And  dimmed  the  earnest  eye  : 
Though  furrows  on  the  brow  are  cast. 
As  gathering  up  the  threads  at  last 


HISTORY    or    GOSHEX.  159 

Of  all  the  busy,  wxll-spent  past, 
A  brief  review  is  anchored  fast 
Of  half  a  century. 

Life  is  in  deeds,  not  days  or  years:-, 
In  thoughts  not  breaths,  in  smiles  not  tear-, 
In  loves  not  hates,  in  hoprs  not  fears, 
In  labor,  which  makes  pastures  sweet, 
And  strew  rare  flowers  beneath  the  feet; 
In  generous  charities,  not  dates; 
In  what  this  eve  qommemorates — 
Works,  traced  in  goldtn  lines  above, 
Of  half  a  century. 

Edward  Orcutt  from  Hingbam  or  Cohasset,  had  Origen,  James, 
Thomas  and  Thankful.  Origen,  married  Eunice  Ripley  of  Windsor, 
1796  ;  James,  married  Clarissa  Arms  of  Deerfield,  1791  ;  Thankful, 
a  popular  teacher  for  many  years,  mariied  Dr.  Bildad  Curtis  of 
Plainfield,  in  1804,  and  removed  to  Marietta,  Ohio.  She  died  186 1. 
"A  woman  of  ability  and  greatly  respected,"  was  the  testimony  of 
her  pastor,  Rev.  Wm.  Wakefield.     Thomas  removed  to  Buckland. 

Children  of  Origen  and  EuHice  Orcutt  :  Origen,  Edward,  Luther, 
Alvan,  Sophia,  Hudson,  Zerviah,  Laura.  The  children  of  James 
and  Clarissa  Orcutt  were:  Sophronia,  Josiah^  Wealthy. 

Edward  was  a  well-to-do  sort  of  a  maif,  but  had  some  ways  of  doing 
things  that  were  different  from  the  ways  of  the  majority  of  people. 
While  living  at  Cohasset  his  wife  desired  him  to  bring  in  a  handful 
of  wood.  He  went  out  without  hat  or  coat,  or  word  of  dissent  or  ex- 
planation, came  (o  Goshen,  bought  his  land,  returned  home,  and  car- 
ried in  his  wood  on  his  arrival.  While  clearing  his  land  here  he 
boarded  with  David  Stearns.  He  went  back  to  Cohasset  at  one  time 
leaving  his  coat  at  his  boarding  place  here.  Noticing  it  quite  heavy 
it  was  found  to  contain  a  pocket  full  of  silver  money.  He  once 
spent  nearly  a  day  in  the  river  towns  trying  to  buy  a  pig  of  some  one 
who  would  trust.  At  last  he  found  a  man  ready  to  accept  his  terms. 
He  took  the  pig,  paid  dow?i,  and  returned  home,  satisfied  that  his 
credit  was  good,  at  least  with  one  man.* 

James  Orr  was  of  Scotch  origin,  honest  clear  through,  quaint  and 
bluff  in  manner.  At  the  marriage  of  one  of  his  daughters,  the 
parson  waited  for  the  assent  of  the  ,  disconcerted  groom.  The  old 
gentleman  saw  the  dilemma,  and  at  once  broke  the  spell  in  his  direct 
way,  saying:  "Nod  your  head,  Hall." 


160  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

Friend  Orr,  married  Poljy  Barney  of  Savoy,  1812  ;  Jerushn,  mar- 
ried Aaron  Hall  of  Cheshire,  Nov.  28,  1805  ;  Lydia,  married  Nathan 
Morgan  of  Pownal,  Vt.^  July  4,  1793  ;  Lucy,  married  Seth  Ford  of 
Plainfield,  Jan.  i,  1812  ;  John,  married  Polly,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Warren.     She  died  in  1814,  aged  21. 

Samuel  Olds  married  Persis and  was  one  of  the  pioneer  set- 
tlers of  the  town.  Children:  Elias,  born  Feb.  23,  1778;  Abigail, 
married  Daniel  Ford,  died  Feb.  8,  1859  ;  Lucinda  and  Cynthia,  twins, 
born  March  17,  1784  ;  Moses  and  Aaron,  twins,  born  and  died  1788  ; 
Rev.  Jason,  married  Matilda  Ford,   18 17. 

Daniel  Ford  had  a  daughter  Lucretia,  who  removed  to  Plainfield 
and  married. 

The  Packard  families  of  this  town  and  vicinity,  are  descended 
from  Samuel,  who  sailed  from  Ipswich,  England,  and  was  in  Hing- 
ham  in  1638.  He  removed  to  West  Bridgewater  and  had  thirteen 
children.  His  son  Zacchcus,  had  ist,  Israel,  father  of  Seth,  who  was 
father  of  Joshua,  Sen.,  born  April  20,  1741,  who  came  to  Goshen,  and 
was  the  father  of  Caleb,  Joshua  and  Willard.  Seth  had  also  Abner, 
who  removed  to  Conway. 

Zaccheus  had  2d,  James^  who  married  Jemima  Keith,  and  had 
James,  Jr.,  born  1724,  who  married  Mary  Thayer.  James  and  Mary 
were  the  parents  of  Content,  born  1747,  who  married  Isaac  King- 
man, 1768 — the  parents  of  Levi  and  Reuben  Kingman. 

Zaccheus  had  3d,  John,  the  father  of  John  and  Barnabas  of  Plain- 
field  ;  and  of  Abel,  who  married  Esther  Porter.  Abel  and  Esther 
were  the  parents  of  Abel,  born  1754;  Adam,  born  1758,  father  of 
William  and  Philo  ;  Theophilus,  born  1769,  married  Mary  Tirrell  ; 
and  Olive,  born  1767,  married  Joseph  Naramore  of  Goshen. 

Joshua  Pachard,  Sen.,  the  pioneer,  a  soldier  of  the  French  and 
Indian,  and  Revolutionary  wars,  came  from  Bridgewater.     His  eldest 

daughter,  Chloe,    married  Thwing  ;  Caleb,  his  son,  removed  to 

Plainfield  ;  Joshua,  Jr.,  married  Philena  Richmond,  Dec.  5,  1793,  for 
first  wife;  Betsey  Ingram,  May  14,  1807,  for  his  second;  Willard, 
married  Bathsheba  Smith ;  Lucinda,  married  Solomon  Parsons  ; 
Lavinia,  married  Ebenezer  Colson  ;  Hannah,  married  Versal  Ban- 
ister, Feb.  19,  1793.  Children  of  Joshua  and  Philena  Packard  : 
Horace,  born  Sept.  24,  1794;  Philena,  born  April   10,  1796,  married 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  161 

Allen  Bassett ;  Theodocia,  born  Jan.  9,  1798,  married  Levi  Kingmanj 
Leonard,  born  Feb.  21,  1801,  married  Martha  Jenkins,  and  removed 
from  town;  Wealthy,  born  Nov.  18,  1802,  married  Augustine  Streeter 
of  Cummington  ;  Russell,  born  Jan.  9,  1806,  removed  to  Troy. 

Children  of  Joshua  and  Betsey  Packard  :  Geo.  Austin,  born  1809, 
died    May    i,    1832  :    Marinet,    married    William    Dawes  ;  Almond, 

removed  from  town  ;  Lucinda,   married Pelton   of  Plainfield  ; 

Miranda,  married  Wilham  White  of  Plainfield  ;  Rodolphus,  removed 
to  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 

Capt.  Horace  Packard,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
White.  Children  :  Edwin,  born  1818,  died  Nov.  28,  1837  i  Frebun 
W. ;  Calvin  A.,  born  July  8,  1822;  Calista,  married  first,  Ezra  Car- 
penter, second,  Joseph  T.  Thayer  ;  Horace  H.  ;  and  two  children 
who  died  1830. 

Frebun  W.  Packard,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Sidney 
Holman,  May  29,  1864.  Children:  Myra  H.,  born  July  9,  1865  ; 
Frebun  Sidney,  born  Aug.  24,  1867. 

Calvin  A.  Packard,  married  Wealthy,  daughter  of  Moses  Dresser, 
Jan.  15,  '1852.  Children  :  Howard,  born  Jan.  30,  1853  ;  Martha, 
born  July  14, . 

Horace  H.  Packard,  married  Julia  F.,  daughter  of  Nelson  M. 
Hayden,  Nov.  28,  1850.  Children  :  Edwin  B.,  born  Dec.  2,  1851  ; 
Festus,  born  Feb.  24,  1857  ;  Willie  H.,  born  Jan.  i,  1859  ;  Ella  T,, 
born  Feb.  5,  1861. 

Willard  Packard,  son  of  Joshua,  Sen.,  married  Balhsheba,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Smith,  May  30,  1805.  Children  :  Cordelia,  married 
Noah  Hosford,  April  9,  1828  ;  William  S.  ;  Edmund  ;  Julia,  married 
Dexter  Beals,  Nov.  2,  1830  ;  Malesta,  married  Randall  Graves,  Nov. 
7,  1839  ;  Willard,  Jr.,  married  Lucy  Field  of  Buckland,  died  Aug.  20, 
1852  ;  Emeline,  married  Joseph  Hawks  ;  Hiram  ;  Freeman,  married 
Ellen  Parsons  of  Ohio,  and  removed  to  Kansas. 

Willi. im  S.  Packard,  married  Lucy  R.,  daughter  of  Reuben  Smith, 
May  2r,  1840.  Children:  William  S.  ;  Cordelia  E.,  born  March  2, 
1845,  died  1846  :  Maria  A.,  born  March  10,  1847,  married  T.  Ashton 
Orcuti;  Ralph  A.  Packard,  born  June  16,  1850;  Jennie  S.,  born 
Aug.  7,  1854,  married  Charles  E.  Brooks,  Nov.  4,  1875. 

Edmund  Packard  married  Mary  P.,  daughter  of  Levi  Eldredge, 
1S36,  reiv.ovt'd  to  Ashfield,  afterwards  to  Easthampton  and  Boston. 
Children  :  Edmund  T.,  born  April  3,   1837  ;    Henry,   born   Sept.  8, 


162  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEK. 

1843,  ^'^^^  i^h'  20,  1869,  a  young  man  of  mucli  promise  ;  Mary  Lil- 
lian, born  Mny  6,  1852,  married  L.  F.  Burrage,  Jan.  14,  1875.  ^^''• 
Edmund  Packard  died  March  8,  1868.  His  widow  resides  witii  her 
son,  Edmund  T.,  in  Boston. 

Hiram  Packard  married  Lurane  A.,  daughter  of  David  Carpenter, 
March  20,  1845.  Children  :  Henry  Wright,  born  July  31,  1846,  went 
to  Colorado  ;  Edward  C,  born  Oct.  13,  1847  ':>  Charles  F.,  born  April 
9,  1850. 

Edward  C.  married  Vesta  C,  daughter  of  George  Dresser,  Oct.  9, 
1875,  and  had  Edward  Wallace,  born  July  23,  1876,  and  Lawrence 
A.,  born  Aug.  26,  1878. 

When  Joshua,  Sen.,  returned  from  the  army,  he  brought  a  l-irge 
powder  horn,  the  gift  of  a  comrade,  on  which  was  drawn,  in  good 
style,  a  map  of  one  of  the  towns  connected  with  Boston,  showing  the 
bridges,  churches  and  many  of  llie  houses  as  they  probably  existed 
at  that  time.  The  horn  is  still  possessed  by  his  great-grandson,  Cal- 
vin A.  Packard. 

The  following  is  copied  from  a  new'spaper  of  several  years  ago  : 

The  Packards  are  a  thrifty,  well- stocked  race.  Abel  Packard,  who  settled  at 
Cummington  100  years  ago,  has  now  posterity  of  over  350,  scattered  in  15  states  of 
the  Union.  This  Abe)  was  a  great  grandson  of  Samuel  Packard,  who  settled  in 
Plymouth,  18  years  after  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  in  1620  ;  and  he  is  supposed  t(j 
be  ancestor  of  all  the  Packards  in  the  country.  His  posterity  is  estimated  to  have 
multiplied  in  236  years  beyond  50,000.  He  had  12  children,  all  of  whom  had  fami- 
lies. Several  of  his  sons  were  soldiers  in  King  Philip's  war  and  aided  in  the  pur- 
suit and  conquest  of  that  celebrated  Indian  Chief  at  Mt.  Hope  in  1676,  200 
years  ago. 

The  Parsons  family  descend  from  Joseph,  supposed  to  have  been, 
born  near  Farrington,  Eng.,  in  1617,  who  was  in  Springfield  in  1636, 
and  in  Northampton  in  1655,  where  he  served  several  years  as 
Selectman.  His  son,  Joseph,  born  1647,  died  1729,  had  Ebenezer, 
born  1675,  who  married  Mercy  Stebbins,  1703,  and  had,  among  olhtr 
children,  Elihu,  born  17 19,  who  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Prtsi 
dent  Edwards  ;  and  Benjamin,  born  1723,  who  married  Rebekah 
Sheldon,  and  removed  to  Goshen,  1776.     He  died  1777. 

The  children  of  Benjamin  and  Rebekah  A.  Parsons,  were  :  Jtrusha, 
born  Sept.  22,  1750,  married,  first,  Artemus  Stone,  second,  Daniel 
Brown,  third,  Maj.  Josiah  Lyman  ;  Ebenezer,  born  Dec.  26,  1751, 
married  Eunice    Clark;  ^lercy,   born  Nov.    29,    1753,  married   Jed. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  163 

Buckingham;  Hannah,  born  July  i,  1755,  married  Cyrus  Lyon; 
Susannah,  born  Dec.  i,  1757,  niarried  Col.  Nehemiali  May;  Justin, 
born  July  19,  1759,  married  first,  Lucretia  Parsons,  daughter  of 
Elibu,  second,  Electa  Frary  ;  Silas,  born  vSept.  26,  1761,  married 
Sarah  Fisk  ;  S3lomon,  born  Aug.  28,  1763,  married  Lucinda  Pack- 
ard,  daughter  of  Joshua  ;   Rebekah,    Aug.   4,    1766,    married  Thad. 

Naramore  ;  Benjamin,  born  Feb.  20,  1769,  married  Stebbins  of 

Springfield. 

Ebenezer  Parsons  removed  to  Hadley.  Kev.  Justin,  besides  Levi 
and  Lucrelia  before  named,  had  a  son  Ira  who  removed  to  Ohio, 
and  a  son  Calvin,  and  daughter  Electa,  who  died  young,  and  were 
buried  in  this  town.  In  1817  the  family  undertook  the  education  of 
a  youth  at  Bombay,  who  received  the  name  Calvin,  in  memory  of 
their  departed  child. 

Silas  Parsons  married  Sarah  Fisk  of  Shelburne,  aunt  to  Pliny 
Fisk,  who  went  as  missionary  10  Palestine  with  Rev.  Levi  Parsons. 
His  children  were:  Seth  ;  Clarissa;  David;  Erastus,  who  became  a 
preacher;  Austin  ;  Lina  and 'i'heodocia. 

Children  of  Solomon  and  Lucinda  Parsons  :  Theodore,  born 
Sept.  .14,  1791,  died  Jan.  19,  1865,  married  Pamela  Partridge  daugh- 
ter of  Asa;  Jerusha,  born  June  23,  1793,  died  Feb.  15, 1823,  married 
Cyrus  Joy;  Wiilard,  born  July  20,  1795,  married  Tryphosa  Naramore, 
June  6,  1820,  daughter  of  Alpheus  ;  Eben'r,  born  Jan.  24,  1798,  mar- 
ried Electa  Naramore,  daughter  of  Joseph  ;  Wealthy,  born  Feb.  25, 
1800,  died  Sept.  iS,  1832,  married  Franklin  Naramore  ;  Lucinda, 
born  April  12,  1802,  married  Francis  Lyman  ;  Lyman,  born  May  i, 
1804,  died  Aug.  28,  1831. 

Benjamin  Parsons,  before  entering  the  ministry,  appears  to  have 
been  a  lawyer  in  Boston  from  1809  to  1834. 

Children  of  Theodore  and  Pamela  Parsons  :  Mary  P.,  born  March 
14,  18 19,  married  R.  F.  Webster,  Nov.  28,  1844;  Lewis  S.,  born  Jan. 
2  1,  182  I,  married  Harriet  N.  Fuller,  April,  1843  ;  Levi,  born  April 
8,  1823,  married  Harriet  Luce,  Jan.,  1850;  Henry,  born  May  2, 
1825  ;  Frederick  E.,  born  June  17,  1827,  died  Dec.  14,  1851. 

Levi  Parsons,  son  of  'I'heodore,  removed  to  Haydenville  about 
1840,  and  became  connected  with  Hon.  Joel  Hayden  in  the  manu- 
facture of  buttons.  When  the  business  was  removed  to  Easthampton 
a  few  years  later,  he  went  with  it,  and  held  an   important  position  in 


164:  HISTORY   or    GOSHEK. 

the  company,  under  Hon.  Samuel  Williston.  His  health  declining,  he 
went  South  for  its  recovery  in  the  winter  of  1866,  but,  rapidly  failing, 
he  died  on  the  passage  homeward,  March  28,  1866. 

He  was  a  man  of  unimpeachable  integrity,  kind  hearted,  unassum- 
ing, full  of  good  works  and  universally  respected  and  beloved.  His 
eldest  daughter,  Alice  Carey,  born  June  22,  185 1,  graduate  of  Mt- 
Holyoke  Female  Seminary,  1873,  married  Dr.  W.  O.  Ballantine, 
missionary  to  India,  Jan.  6,  1875.  They  sailed  from  New  York,  Jan. 
2T,  ;  arrived  at  Bombay,  April  18.  She  died  at  Rahuri,  Western 
India,  Sept.  9,  1878,  and  was  buried  in  the  English  cemetery  at 
Ahmednuggar.  She  was  an  estimable  young  lady,  and  secured  the- 
love  and  high  respect  of  all  tlie  mission  circle.  Hattie,  the  only  sur- 
viving daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parsons,  resides  with  her  mother  at 
Easthampton. 

Dr.  Ballantine  was  born  in  India,  came  to  the  United  States  when 
fifteen  years  of  age  to  be  educated,  and  graduated  at  Amherst 
College. 

Jerusha  married  Cyrus  Joy,  F>q.,  a  lawyer  of  Northampton,  and 
afterwards  for  a  long  period  a  teaclier  and  resident  of  Philadelphia, 
where  several  of  his  family  now  reside.  He  died  Dec.  14,  1870,  in 
Goshen,  where  he  spent  the  !nUM-  years  of  his  life. 

The  children  of  Cyrus  and  Jerusha  Joy  vvere  :  Jalia  Ann  of  Phila- 
delphia who  has  a  summer  rt^sid.jiice  in  Goshen — the  parsonage  built 
for  Rev,  J.  C.  Thompson  ;  Emi!y,  married  Charles  C.  Grugan,  a 
merchant  of  Philadelphia,  died  Feb.  3,  1849,  leaving  several  chil- 
dren ;  Henry,  married  Han  iel  Brown,  resides  near  Rochester,  N.  Y.  ; 
Charles  ;  Cyrus,Jr.,  died  1850.  After  the  death  of  Mrs.  Jerusha,  Mr,. 
Joy  marrit^d  again,  and  had  several  children  who  reside  in  Philad'a. 

Children  of  Willard  and  Tryphosa  Parsons  ;  Sophia  N.,  born 
April  15,  1821,  married  Am.os.  H.  Stone;  Alpheus  N.,  born 
July  2,  1823,  died  April  29,  1851  ;  Franklin,  born  Nov.  7,  1827,  mar- 
ried Leonora  Bartlett ;  Julia,  born  Dec.  8,  1831,  died  March  29, 
1863,  married  M.  N.  Hubbard  ;  Helen,  born  May  19,  1834,  married 
Wm.  Wells  ;  Lyman,  born  March  i,  1839,  married  Octavia  French  ; 
Edward,  born  Sept.  5,  1842,  died  Sept.  17,  1845. 

Ebenezer  Parsons,  son  of  Solomon,  removed  to  Pittsfield,  Ohio.  He 
had  Electa,  born  Sept.  21,  1824,  who  married  S.  D.  Whitney.  Eben- 
ezer married,  second,  Louisa  Kingsbur}',  and  had  George,  Charles, 
Frank,  Ellen  (born  1837,  married  Freeman  Packard),  Annette,  Julia, 
Emma,  Helen. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHE]S^.  165 

Elihu  Parsons,  Jr.,  was  son  of  Elihu,  who  was  born  in  Norihamp- 
ton,  married  Sarah,  the  eldest  daughter  of  President  Edwards,  and 
removed  to  Stockbridge.  Elihu,  Jr.,  married  Khoda  Hinsdale,  said 
to  have  been  the  first  person  born  in  Lenox,  and  removed  to  Goshen 
probably  about  1796.  His  mother,  Sarah  Edwards,  resided  with  him 
here  till  her  depth.  May  15,   1805. 

Children  of  Elihu  Parsons,  Jr.  :  Esther,  born  Nov.  ig,  1783,  mar- 
ried Ebenezsr  Healey,  Jr.,  May  5,  1813  ;  ('larissa,  born  March  26, 
1786,  died,  unmarried,  Dec.  16,  1852  ;  Dea.  Stephen,  born  July  12, 
1788,  died  May  27,  1838  ;  Eunice,  born  June  24,  179 1  ;  Sarah,  born 
Oct.  9,  1799. 

Dea.  Stephen  Parsons  married  Mary  Eldredge  of  Ashfield.  Chil- 
dren :  Eunice,  born  March  18,  1813  ;  Alvan,  born  July  18,  1817, 
resides  in  Buckland  ;  Rhoda,  born  Dec.  5,  1819,  married  Jonathan 
Sears,  Jr  ,  March  20,  1845,  ^^^^^^  J"b'  ^7j  ^^S^- 

Eunice  married  Freeman  Sears,  Nov.  27,  1834.  Children  :  Ellen, 
born  Oct.  21,  1835,  died  Feb.  26,  1854;  Mary,  born  Sept.  6,  1837, 
.  died  May  27,  186 1  ;  Olive,  born  Jan  20,  1840,  married  Henry  C. 
Howland,  Jan.  14,  i860,  and  removed  to  Oliio  ;  F.  Willis,  born  Aug. 
2ij  1842,  married  Kalie  Sidell  ;  Milton  F.,  born  March  21,  1845 
married  Elizabeth  H.  Shaw,  Dec.  31,  1872  ;  Chloe  Edna,  born  Nov. 
13,  1847.      Mi's.  Eunice  died  Aug.  15,  1^50. 

Mr  Sears  married,  second,  Mrs.  Angeline  Coney,  1851.  Children  : 
Frank  Grnham,  born  May  13,  1852,  married  Etta  F.  Wildman  ;  Geo. 
Herberr,  born  April  16,  1854;  Jessie  Fremont,  born  May  27,  1856; 
Charles  F.,  born  June  29,  1859. 

Asa  Partridge,  from  Holland,  Mass.,  brother  of  Major  Stone's 
wife,  was  born  Oct.,  1771,  married,  first,  Mary  Bates,  second.  Electa 
Stearns,  widow  of  Elihu  Hubbard,  1825.     Asa  died  Feb.,  1847. 

Children  :  Eli,  born  Jan.  2,  1794,  married  Lucy  Look;  Asa,  born 
Oct.  8,  1800,  mariiKl,  first,  Mary  Benton,  second,  Julia  Norton; 
Pamela,  born  June  12,  1796,  married  Theodore  Parsons,  died  March 
9,  1843;  Elinina,  born  Feb.  3,  1803,  married  Enos  Taylor;  Sher- 
man, born  April   5,  1805. 

"Uncle  Asn,"  as  he  was  usually  called,  was  a  man  of  ready  wit. 
He  was  once  at  Saratoga  Springs  for  the  benefit  of  his  health.  One 
early  morning  while  out  with  a  cane  in  each  hand  to  aid  him  in  walk- 
ing, he   met   another  valetudinarian    in   similar  condition.     In    com- 


166  HISTORY  OF  GOSHElsr. 

paring  notes  the  other  inquires  of  Partridge  :  "What  ails  you  ?" 
"Rheumatism.*'  "xA.h,  yes — original  sin,''  responded  llie  satisfied 
querist.  "And  what  is  your  trouble  V  says  Partridge.  "Gout." 
"Ah,  yes — I  see — actual  transgression^^'  was  Partridge's  conclusive 
retort. 

Dr.  Daniel  Pierce  of  Peru,  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Lieut. 
'i'imothy  Lyman. 

Children  :  Levi  L.  lived  for  several  years  during  his  minority  with 
his  uncle — Col.  Timothy  Lyman.  He  married  a  niece  of  P.  T.  Bar- 
num,  and  was  his  general  business  agent  for  several  years.  He 
visited  Europe  with  Gen.  Tom  Thumb  and  wife,  and  aided  them  in 
making  a  very  successful  tour,  returning  in  1859.  While  there  he 
married  his  second  wife,  an  amiable  and  cultivated  Scotch  lady. 
They  have  since  resided  in  Greentield.  Francis  M.,  married  Cath- 
erine White,  daughter  of  Elias  and  Hannah,  May  3,  1849,  and 
removed  to  Wisconsin';  Daniel,  Jr.,  died  Oct.  17,  1846,  aged  26  ; 
Caroline,  the  elde'^t  daughter,  married  Leander  S.  Cooper  of  Peru, 
Oct.,  1836;  Rosamond,  married  Chas.  C.  Parish  of  VVorthington, 
1841  ;  Martha  L.,  married  Nelson  Brown  of  Cummington,  May  11, 
1853  ;  Timothy  Dwight  married  and  removed  to  Deerfield.  (See 
"Physicians.") 

Ebenezer  Putney,  born  Oct.,  1740,  at  Charlton,  came  here  1762, 
and  served  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution,  where  he  received  a  Lieu- 
tenant's commission.  He  died  Jan.  14,  1802.  His  children  who 
lived  to  mature  years  were  :  Joseph,  Elisha,  Nahum,  Moses,  John, 
Amasa,  Polly  and  Hannah.  Nahum  was  drowned  in  Lake  Erie. 
Elisha  served  in  the  war  of  18 12,  and  while  out  with  a  scouting  party 
near  Detroit,  was  killed  by  the  enemy,  while  stopping  to  aid  a  com- 
panion who  was  fatally  wounded  a  moment  before.  Joseph,  who 
died  in  1841,  was  father  of  Emmons  Putney. 

Ebenezer  Putney  married  Susannah  French.  The  records  of  the 
town  give  the  following  list  of  their  children  : 

Mary,  born  Feb.  12,  1774,  died  Sept.  9,  1777  ;  Hannah,  born  July 
16,  1775,  died  Sept.  3,  1777  ;  Joseph,  born  May  11,  1777,  married 
Naomi,  daughter  of  Dea.  Oliver  Taylor,  April  5,  1798  ;  Polly,  born 
March  25,  1779,  married  John  Salmon  ;  Hannah,  born  Feb.  18,  1781, 
married  John  Smith,  Jr.  ;  Elisha,  born  Feb.  27,  1784,  killed  in  war  ; 
Nahum,  born  July  J7,  1787,  drowned  ;  Moses,  born  Nov.    27,    1790, 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  167 

married  Sally  Hubbard  ;  John,  born  March  21,  1792,  married  Susan 
Taylor  of  Worthin^^ton  ;  Amasa,  born  April  11,  1796,  married  Lucre- 
lia  Torrey. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Naomi  (Taylor)  Putney:  Emmons,  born 
Sept.  28,  1799,  married,  firs!,  Orpha,  daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Stark- 
weather of  Chesterfield,  1825.  She  died  July  14,  1S65,  and  Mr. 
Putney  married,  second,  in  1867,  Mrs.  Helen  Walkley,  who  died  Jan. 
27,  1868,  he  married,  iliird,  Sophia  G.  VValkins,  June  20,  1875  ; 
Arthur,  born  Dec.  7,  1800  ;  Susan^  born  Feb.  17,  1803,  died  May  22, 
1842  ;  Lilly,  born  Au^'.  1 8,  1805,  married  Jonathan  Hunt,  July  19, 
1828,  died  in  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  Sept.  23,  1875,  buried  in  Goshen  ; 
Calvin,  born  Dec.  13,  1807;  Naomi  born  Dec.  14,  18 10,  married 
Alvin  Hall;  Joseph,  born  Nov.  28,  1814;  Electa,  born  March  r8, 
18 1 7,  married  Lowell  Hunt,  Nov.  5,  1840  ;  H.  Maria,  born  Feb.  24, 
1821. 

Children  of  John  and  Susan  Putney  :  Lorenzo,  Wealthy,  Alonzo, 
Henry  and  Orpha  E.  Orpha  E.,  the  adopted  daughter  of  Mr. 
Emmons  Putney,  married  Wm,  E.  Johnson,  May  3,  1854.  Mrs. 
Susan  died  Nov.  28,  1869. 

Ebenezer  Putney,  2d,  son  of  Elisha  and  Martha,  came  from  Charl- 
ton, lived  for  some  time  with  his  uncle  Ebenezer,  married  Molly, 
dau5;hter  of  John  Smith,  June  23,  1791,  removed  to  "Paddy  Hill"  in 
the  southwest  part  of  Ashfield,  and  afterwards  into  Goshen. 

Children:  Zadoc ;  Nahum  ;  Polly,  who  married  Moses  Belding  ; 
Lolza,  who  married  Hattil  Washburn,  Jr.  ;  Alma  and  Climena,  older 
daughters,  who  married  Barnabas  Hall  ;  and  Sarah,  who  married 
Levi  Eldredge  of  Hawley.  The  children  of  Moses  Belding  were  : 
Frederick  W.,  who  mariied  D.  Chloe  Dresser;  Franklin,  of  New 
Jersey;  Clarinda  and  Sarah  died  young;  Hiram,  of  Bleeker,  N.Y., 
and  Putney. 

Patty  Putney,  sister  of  Ebenezer,  2d,  married  Hattil  Washburn, 
Sen. 

Zadoc  Putney  married  Jerusha  Belding,  and  had  Harriet,  who 
married  Chandler  Robbins  ;  Charles  ;  Alonzo  ;  Norman  ;  Zadoc  ; 
Maria,  who  married  Luther  Ranney;   Jerusha. 

Nahum  Putney  married  Charlotte  Eement  of  Ashfield.  Ebenezer, 
2d,  died  at  the  West. 

David  Stearns,  the  pioneer  settler,  married  Hannah,  born  March, 
1732,  daughter  of  John  Burnell,  who  is  said  to  have  come  from  Wales, 


168  HISTORY  OF  goshe:n^. 

and  married  Mehitabel  Edmonds  of  Lynn,  who  died  in  Feb.,  1769, 
aged  74.  Joseph  Burnell,  son  of  John, ,  brother  of  Stearns's  wife, 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Chesterfield,  and  married  Hannah 
Tucker  (daughter  of  Ephraim),  who  was  born  in  Milton,  April  18, 
1726.  Abijah  Tucker,  who  came  to  Goshen  with  David  Stearns,  was 
brother  of  Joseph  Burnell's  wife.  Tucker,  after  a  few  yiars,  removed 
from  here   to    Hardvvick.     Joseph   Burnell   had   John,    who    married 

Banister;     Mary,  who    married  Reuben    Dresser,   Sen.;    Mis. 

Richard  Sylvester;  Capt.  Joseph  of  Chesterfield;  Ephraim  and 
Manasseh,  of  Cummington. 

Ebenezer  Stearns,  father  of  David,  married  Martha  Bumap  of 
Reading,  Oct.  25,  17  17. 

Children:  Ebenezer,  born  Feb.  26,  1720;  Elizabeth,  born  Aug. 
14,  172 1  ;  John,  of  Belchertown,  born  Feb.  10,  1723  ;  Jonathan,  born 
June  26,  1725  ;  Hannah,  born  Jan.  27,  1727  ;  David,  born  March  25, 
1729  ;  Mary,  born  Oct.  27,  1730  ;  S.irah,  born  May  11,  1732  ;  Bethiah, 
born  June  7,  1734;  Thomas,  born  Feb.  16,  1736;  Reuben,  born 
June  21,  1737. 

Ebenezer,  jr.  died  in  garrison  at  Lake  George  in  the  French  War. 
David  was  also  in  the  service,  and  belonged  to  Capt.  John  Catlin's 
company. 

The  children  of  David  and  Hannah  (Burnell)  Stearns  were  : 
David,  born  July  26,  1757  ;  Lemuel,  born  March  17,  1759  ;  John, 
born  in  Dudley,  Feb.  22,  1761,  and  the  family  removed  the  same 
year  to  this  town  ;  Samuel,  was  born  March  25,  1763,  the  first  white 
male  child  in  the  new  settlement;  Cyrus  was  born  March  26,  1765, 
died  here  March ^  25,  1855  ;  Joseph,  was  born  June  30,  1768, 
married  Sarah  Thatcher  of  Conway,  1792  ;  Hannah,  born  Nov.  17, 
1770,  married  Daniel  Beals  ;  Mary,  born  April  17,  1774. 

David  and  his  three  sons,  David,  Jr.,  Lemuel  and  John,  were  sol- 
diers in  the  Revolution.  John  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Abishai 
Williams,  and  had  Abigail,  born  March  17,  1791  ;  John,  born  June 
21,  1793  ;  and  Abishai  W.,  born  March  12,  1796.  John,  the  father, 
died  April  14,   1801. 

David  Stearns,  Sen,,  died  Feb.  28,  178.8.  Hannah  Burnell,  his 
wife,  married,  second,  Capt.  Elisha  Cranson  of  Ashfield,  Jan.  20, 
1792.  He  died  April  18,  1804,  aged  84  years.  She  afterward  lived 
for  some  years  in  New  York  state,  then  returned  to  Goshen  and 
resided  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Diiniel  B:;als,  her  old  home,  till  her 
death,  which  occurred  Dec,  1827,  in  the  96th  year  of  her  age. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  169 

Cyrus  Stearns,  son  of  David,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Thomas  Weeks,  Jan.  4,  1781. 

Children  :  Electa,  born  Sept.  20,  1788,  married,  first,  Elihu  Hub- 
bard, 1808,  second,  Asa  Partridge,  Sept.  14,  1825.  She  died  Feb. 
13,  1858.  Ezra,  born  Feb.  14,  1792,  married,  1813,  Esther,  daughter 
of  Rey.  David  Todd  of  Chesterfield.  They  had  one  son,  Ezra,  Jr. 
Ezra,  Sen.,  died  Oct.  20,  1814,  while  serving  as  a  soldier.  Enos, 
born  Feb.  25,  1794,  married  Lucinda  Hubbard,  and  had  Caroline, 
Levi,  Hamilton,  Lucinda,  Cyrus  and  Sarah,  twins.  He  died  at 
Wells,  New  York,  July  17,  1850.  Levi,  born  June  19,  1796,  married 
Hannah  Phillips,  1820  (pub.  July  2),  and  had  Liscom,  Thomas, 
Amelia,  and  other  children.  They  removed  to  Oak  Creek,  Wis., 
where  Mrs.  Stearns  died  Jan.  14,  1857.  Thomas  Weeks,  born  May 
12,  1799,  married  Mrs.  Susan  (Reed)  Pettengill.  Their  children 
were:  Chester,  born  1827,  died  1838;  Edward,  married Gard- 
ner, May  24,  1854;  Sarah,  born  May  25,  1834,  married  E.  W.  Van 
Houlen,  Newark,  N.  J.,  where  she  died  Dec.  27,  1853.  Elizabeth 
married  John  Van  Houten,  May  25,  1854,  and  resided^Jn  Newark. 
Edward  married  and  removed  with  his  parents  from  Newark  to 
Evansville,  Wis.  Almeda,  born  Dec.  14,  1802,  married  Levi  Barrus, 
182 1,  died  Sept.  4,  1850,  on  the  farm  where  she  was  born.  Cyrus, 
born  June  15,  1808,  married  Lucy  Reed,  died  Sept.  28,  1872,  in 
western  New  York.  Alanson,  born  Oct.  31,  1810,  married  Eliza  A. 
Dumbolton,  1834,  and  had  James  and  John,  twins,  born  1835  i  Ezra, 
born  1836  ;  Ellen,  born  1839  ;  Edwin,  Carrie,  Fred,  Ernest.  He 
removed  to  Grass  Lake,  Mich.,  w'here  he  was  a  deacon  of  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He,  with  one  or  his  sons,  aged  13  years,  and  hired  man, 
were  drowned  May  28,  1870,  in  Grass  Lake,  by  the  upsetting  of  a 
boat  in  which  they  weie  fishing,  while  waiting  an  opportunity  to 
wash  their  sheep. 

The  children  of  Electa  Stearns  and  Elihu  Hubbard,  Jr.,  who  died 
March  22, 1824,  aged  2,6,  were  :  Pamela,  who  married  Dryden  Dawes, 
Nov.  28,  1827  ;  Electa,  who  married  Daniel  W.  Reed,  Aug.  7,  1833, 
died  Aug.,  1873,  aged  61  ;  Luc}^,  died  March  13,  1835,  aged  25 
years  ;  Daniel,  died  Aug.  22,  aged  32  years  ;  Elihu,  died  unmarried ; 
Joseph,  married  and  lived  in  Buckland,  and  had  several  children. 

The  children  of  Electa  and  Asa  Partridge  were  :  Amanda,  born 
Aug.  27,  1826  ;  and  Sarah  Melinda,  born  May  22,  1829,  married 
Reed,  died  May  6,  1868^ 


170  HISTORY  OF  goshe:n^. 

Elihu  Hubbard,  Sen.,  died  Jan.  26,  1805. 

The  children  of  Pamela  and  Dryden  Dawes  were  :  Ediriund,  Maiy 
Amelia,  Joseph,  Elihu,  Charles,  George,  born  June  15,  1847  ;  Emma. 
Mr.  Dawes  removed  to  Manchester,  Mich. 

Reuben  Smith  came  from  Amherst  about  18 12.  His  wife  was 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Richard  Carpenter. 

Children  :  Elizabeth,  who  married  Elijah  Billings  ;  John  Milton  ; 
Sophia;  Hannah  C,  who  married  Elijah  Shaw  ;  Lucy  K.,  who  mar- 
ried Wm.  S.  Packard  ;  Ralph  Erskine. 

John  M.  Smith  married  Orra  Dickinson  of  Amherst,  June  25,  1833. 
Children:  Ellen  Eliza,  born  March  24,  married  R.  C.  Alison,  Jan. 
12,  i860;  Henry  Billings,  born  Oct.  19,  1835,  married  Julia,  daugh- 
ter of  Maj.  Joseph  Hawks,  Feb.  25,  1S66  ;  Sophia  E,  born  Jan.  21, 
1838,  died  young;  Mary  Leora,  born  March  28,  1840,  married  Rev. 
J.  C.  Houghton  ;  Harriet  T.,  born  March  16,  1843,  died  young;  Ed- 
ward M.,  born  Oct.  30,  1847,  married  Helen  M.,  daughter  of  C.  C. 
Dresser,  Dec.  19,  1870.  Mr.  &mith  has  resided  for  several  years  in 
Sunderland. 

Ralph  E.  Smith  married,  first,  Jane  Gray,  1845,  second,  Rosa- 
mond Taylor  of  Buckland,  April  26,  1854,  and  removed    to  Goshen. 

Children:  Alvah  ;  Edwin  B.,  born  July  21,  1859;  Willis  A.,  born 
Dec.  18,  1861  ;  Jane  G.,  born  Oct.  27,  1863. 

Hannah  C.  married  Elijah  Shaw  of  Buckland,  Nov.  28,  1838,  and 
had  Elijah  ;  Fannie  E.,  who  married  Jonathan  Temple  of  Reading  ; 
Lizzie  H.,  who  married  Mi'.ton  F.  Sears  ;  William  R. 

John  Smith,  from  Killingly,  Conn  ,  removed  here  about  1768.  He 
had  two  sons  and  eight  daughters.  Hannah,  born  1766,  married 
Hezekiah  Coggswell  of  Chesterfield,  April  17,  1791  ;  Sarah,  married 
Nathan  Halbert,  Dec.  10,  1789,  died  1791  ;  Mary,  married  Ebenezer 
Putney,  2d,  died  1834  ;  Cynthia,  married  Bassome  Whitney,  Oct.  6, 
1791  ;  Deborah  Whitney  married  John  Williams,  Dec.  24,  1795,  and 
was  the  donor  of  the  Fund  of  $5,000  to  the  Congregational  Society, 
born  Dec.  5,  1773,  died  Sept.  19,  1859  ;  Bathsheba,  born  Dec.  3,  1777, 
married  Willard  Packard,  died  March  26,  1853  ;  John  Smith,  mis- 
sionary to  the  Choctaws,  born  Feb.  14,  1780,  died  in  Mississippi, 
March  28,  1845  j  Anna,  born  Feb.  19,  1782  ;  Dorcas,  born  Oct.  28, 
1784,  married  Thomas  Lyman.  Five  of  the  sisters  above  named, 
ranging  in  age  from  60  to  73  years,  meeting  for  the  first  time  for  a 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  171 

long  period,  atiended  church  in  this  town,  and  occupied  the  same 
pew  during  a  Sabbath  in  the  summer  of  1844.  It  was  an  interesting 
sight,  and  rendered  still  more  impressive  from  the  fact  that  four  were 
widows  and  the  fiftli  was  unmarried. 

John  Smith,  Sen.-  died  May  16,  1822,  aged  86;  Sarah,  his  wife, 
Jan.  3,  1827,  nged  82. 

Major  Ambrose  Stone,  a  resident  of  the  town  for  seveniy  years, 
was  born  in  Harvard,  April  21,  1757.  His  pilgrim  ancestor,  Dea. 
Simon  Stone,  born  1585,  came  to  New  England  in  1635,  ^^^^^^  ^''^ 
wife,  Joan,  daughter  of  William  Clark,  and  four  children  :  Frances, 
born  1619,  married  Rev.  Thomas  Green,  first  minister  in   Reading; 

Ann,  born    1624,  married  Orne;  Simon,  born    1631,    married 

Mary  Whipple;  Mary,  born  1632,  married  Nathaniel  Stearns.  Dea. 
Simon  settled  in  Watertovvn,  and  had  John,  born  1635  >  '^""^  Eliza- 
beth, born  1639.  Simon,  Jr.,  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  Rev. 
Nathaniel  graduated  at  Harvard,  1690,  settled  in  Harwich,  and  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  Gov.  Hinckley.  Simon,  another  son,  removed  to 
Groton.  It  was  probably  of  this  third  Simon  of  whom  Cotton 
Mather,  in  his  Magnalia,  says  :  "Simon  Stone  was  shot  in  nine  places, 
and  as  he  lay  for  dead  the  Indians  made  two  hacks  with  a  hatchet 
to  cut  his  head  off."  He  got  well,  however,  and  was  a  lusty  fellow 
in    Mather's  time.      He   had   nine    children,    one   of  whom,    Simon 

fourth,  a  deacon,  removed  to   Harvard,    married    Sarah ,  and 

had  Simon,  fifth,  also  deacon,  born  Sept.  10,  1714,  died  in  Green- 
wich about  1785;  Ephraim,  born  Jan.  2,  1716;  Oliver,  born  Jan. 
20,  1720;  Sarah,  born  Jan.  27,  1722;  Isaac,  born  Feb.  17,  1724; 
Hannah,  born  April  18,  1726  ;  Elias,  of  Coleraine,  born  April  2, 
1728  ;  Amos,  born  Sept.  9,  1729,  married  Edna,  daughter  of  Ambrose 
Hale,  Feb.  27,  1753,  removed  to  Rodman,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  in 
1S04. 

Major  Ambrose  Stone  said  there  were  other  sons  :  Micah,  who 
lived  near  Boston  ;  Israel  and  Aaron  of  Genesse  county,  N.  Y.  ; 
Abner,  High  Sheriff  of  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  Moses.  The  daugh- 
ters married  Ray  and  Clelland,   and   lived    near    Israel. 

Solomon,  another  son,  was  killed  in  war. 

Children  of  Amos  and  Edna  (Hale)  Stone  :  Ambrose  of  Goshen, 
born,  in  Harvard,  April  21,  1757  ;  Amos  of  Urbanna,  Steuben  Co., 
N.  Y.,  born  Sept.  28,  1759  i  Hannah,  born  Feb.  26,  1762,  died  1787, 


172  HISTOBY    OF    GOSHE^^. 

in  Ware  ;  Charles,  died  in  Adams,  N.  Y.,   aged   80   years  ;  Hnldah, 

born  1764,  married   Keene,  lived   at  Mt.  Morris,  N.  Y.  ;   Cyrus, 

died  in  Hanover,  Ind.,  about  1833  ;  Manasseh,  born  1773,  died  in  Cas- 
tlelon,  N.  Y.,  1804;  Oliver,  born  1775,  died  in  Darien,  N.  Y.,  had 
Francis,  a  teacher,  and  two  daughters;  Ashbel  resided  in  Freeport, 
Ind.;  Arnold,  born  1777,  was  named  by  his  brother  Ambrose,  who  had 
served  under  Benedict  Arnold,  who  at  that  time  was  in  high  esteem 
for  courage  and  bravery.  Arnold  Stone  resided  in  Rodman,  N.  Y., 
and  visited  his  relatives  in  Goslren  for  the  last  time  in  1858,  in  com- 
pany with  his  son  Joseph  of  Pawtucket.  He  had  eleven  children,  of 
whom  Cyrus  Hale,  born  1813,  and  Orin,  born  1821,  were  lawyers; 
Oliver^  born  1861,  railroad  agent  in  California;  Ashbel,  born  1818, 
a  physician  in   London,  C.  W. 

Major  Ambrose  and  Katherine  (Partridge)  Stone  were  married 
July  8,  1783.  She  was  born  in  Brookfield,  Jan.  16,  1762,  died 
Dec.  5,  1851.  - 

Children  :  Pamela,  born  May  5,  and  died  July  27,  1784. 

"  Alvan,  born  July  21,  1785,  died  Jan.  24,  1804. 

'J  Luther,  born  March  17,  1788,  died  July  2,  1875. 

"  Rachel,  born  Sept.  5,  1790,  died  Nov.  12,  1875. 

"  Ambrose,  born  May  17,  1793,  died  April  2,  1863. 

"  Hannah,  born  Dec.  lo,  1795,  died  Aug.  21,  1875. 

"  Frederick  P.,  born  Nov.  2,  1798,  died  Aug.  14,  1841. 

"  Pamela,  born  May  24,  1801,  died  Aug.  16,  1823. 

"  Alvey,  born  March  14,  1804,  died  Jan.  19,  1824. 

**  Alvan,  born  Aug.  15,  1807^  died  Feb.  13,  1833. 

The  following  obituary  notice  of  Major  Stone  was  published  in  the 
Hampshire  Gazette: 

Died  in  Goshen,  March  18,  1856,  Major  Ambrose  Stone,  aged  nearly  93  years. 
Major  Stone  was  a  man  whose  sterling  worth  deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice. 
In  whatever  sphere  he  acted,  the  same  prompt,  energetic,  independent  course,  char- 
acterized him.  Consistent,  benevolent,  and  of  strict  integrity,  few  have  been  more 
respected,  or  raore  beloved.  Possessing  an  ardent  love  of  liberty,  he  entered  the 
Revolutionary  army  at  Boston,  in  April,  1776,  under  command  of  Gen.  Ward.  In 
the  month  of  August  following,  he  went  to  Ticonderoga,  and  from  thence  down  the 
Lake,  under  command  of  Arnold,  During  the  skirmishing  upon  the  Lake,  the 
Americans  being  overpowered  by  superior  force,  Arnold  run  his  vessels  ashore  and 
burnt  them.  One  of  them  however,  containing  seven  or  eight  men.  Major  S.  among 
the  number,  succeeded  in  saving  their  vessel  from  the  enemy,  by  rowing  out  of  their 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  173 

reach.  The  British  fired  one  round  after  them  and  gave  up  the  chase.  He 
remained  in  the  army  till  January  of  the  following  year  and  then  returneJ  to  his 
home  in  Greenwich,  now  Enfield  Center.  After  the  surrender  of  Ticonderoga,  he 
again  joined  the  army  and  was  at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne.  He  went  into  winter 
quarters  at  Valley  Forge  and  remained  till  February,  when  he  left  the  army. 

In  April,  1780,  he  came, to  Goshen  and  built  a  fulling  mill,  which  constituted,  at 
that  day,  all  the  water  machinery  used  in  the  clothiers' business.  Carding,  spinning 
weaving  and  dressing  cloth  were  all  done  by  hand. 

He  had  filled  the  most  important  offices  in  the  gift  of  his  townsmen,  with  honor 
to  himself  and  satisfactorily  to  them.  In  1803,  he  was  appointed  Coroner  by  Gov. 
Strong,  which  office  he  held  during  life. 

As  an  evidence  of  the  conscientious  discharge  of  his  duty,  it  may  be  remarked, 
that  he  has  voted  at  every  election  of  Governor  and  President,  since  the  adoption  of 
the  State  and  Federal  constitutions.  He  has  been  a  subscriber  to  the  Hampshire 
Gazette  ever  since  the  issue  of  the  first  number  to  the  time  of  his  decease,  a  period 
of  more  than  6^  years.  He  leaves  a  widow  to  mourn  his  loss,  with  whom  he  lived 
for  sixty-seven  years. 

Though  not  a  member  of  a  church,  his  consistent  life  and  religious  habits  leave 
the  hope  to  his  friends,  that  he  was  prepared  for  a  better  world.  During  his  last 
illness,  which  at  times  was  very  distressing,  not  a  murmur  escaped  him.  He  finally 
expired  without  a  struggle  or  groan. 

"Night  dews  fall  not  more  gently  to  the  ground. 

Nor  weary  worn-out  winds  expire  so  soft."  CoM. 

Col.  Luther  Stone,  born  1788,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Malachi 
Jenkens,  Sen.,  of  Cummington,  Oct.  24,  1816.  She  was  born  in  Abing- 
ton,  Jan.  25,  1795,  died  in  consequence  of  being  struck  by  lightning, 
July  16,  1866, 

Children  :  Amos  Hale,  born  Sept  26,  1817  ;  Augusta,  born  June  2, 
1819;  Sophia,  born  March,  1821,  died  May  28,  1826;  Edna,  born 
Jan.  16,  1823,  died  Dec.  10,  1840;  Alvey,  born  Jan.  17,  1825,  mar- 
ried George  Dresser;  Sophia,  born  May  15,  1828,  married  Frederic 
S    Billings  ;  Pamela,  born  July  27,  1836,  died  Jan.  22,  1846. 

The  following  obituary  notice  of  Col.  Stone  was  published  at  his 
decease  : 

Another  aged  citizen  of  Goshen,  Col.  Luther  Stone,  passed  away  July  2,  1875. 
He  was  the  second  son  of  Major  Ambrose  and  Mrs.  Kathcrine  (Partridge;  Stone, 
and  was  born  in  Goshen,  March  17,  1788.  There  is  probably  no  other 
person  living  who  has  been  so  long  and  so  thoroughly  identified  with  th^t 
business  interests  of  the  town.  He  was  early  engaged  with  his  father  in  carrying  on 
the  business  of  wool-carding  and  cloth-dressing,  their  works  having  been  among  the 
earliest,  in  this  vicinity.  In  the  war  of  1812,  they  supplied  a  large  amount  of  cloth 
for  army  purposes.      The  increase  in  the  number  of  similar  factories  caused  this 


174  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEK. 

business  to  be  given  up,  and  in  1829,  in  company  with  his  brother,  F.  P.  Stone,  he 
erected  the  well-known  "Stones'  Mills"  and  commenced  the  manufacture  of  broom 
and  brush  handles  by  machinery.  They  were  among  the  first  to  engage  in  this  busi- 
ness, and  employed  a  number  of  hands  in  its  prosecution,  for  many  years,  and  the 
business  is  still  continued,  to  a  limited  extent,  on  the  same  premises. 

He  was  often  elected  on  the  board  of  selectmen  of  the  town,  and  served  in  this 
capacity  fifteen  years  between  1S20  and  1844.  He  represented  the  town  in  the 
Legislatures  of  1839  and  1849.  J^"  the  latter  year  he  served  on  the  committee  on 
military  affairs,  of  which  Gen.  Schouler  was  chairman.  He  was  often  employed  in 
the  settlement  of  estates,  in  his  own  and  adjoining  towns,  and  took  a  deep  interest 
in  all  matters  affecting  the  interests  of  his  town,  county,  state  and  country.  He 
never  shirked  his  duty,  in  any  department  of  life.  Although  not  a  church  meinber, 
it  was  a  principle  with  him  to  do  his  share  towards  the  support  of  the  Gospel,  and 
probably  no  person  in  the  town  has  done  more,  pecuniarily,  for  its  religious  inter - 
•ests  than  he  has. 

He  was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  1838,  by  Gov.  Everett,  and  was  re-com- 
missioned by  Gov.  Briggs  in  1845  >  ^Y  Gov.  Boutwell  in  1852;  by  Gov.  Banks  in- 
1859,  He  held  this  office  twenty-eight  years.  He  took  a  special  interest  in  mili- 
tary affairs,  and  was  for  many  years  connected  with  a  cavalry  company  composed  of 
citizens  of  his  own  and  neighboring  towns,  of  which  he  was  chosen  captain  in  1821. 
He  became,  in  1824,  Colonel  of  the  Regiment  to  which  his  company  belonged, 
receiving  a  commission  from  Gov.  Eustis.  He  resigned  in  1826,  and  received  an 
honorable  discharge. 

He  was  fearless  and  outspoken  in  his  opinions,  never  did  a  mean  thing  or  sought 
to  evade  any  responsibility.  He  was  a  careful  observer  of  passing  events,  and  kept 
well  posted  in  the  facts  that  show  the  world's  progress. 

He  was  a  man  of  excellent  judgment,  and  never  hesitated  to  act  in  accordance 
with  its  dictates.  He  voted  while  a  member  of  the  Legisiature  in  1839,  to  loan  the 
credit  of  the  state  to  assist  the  Western  railroad.  This  act  was  much  criticised,  at 
the  time,  by  many,  who  urged  that,  by  it  "all  the  farms  in  the  state  were  mort- 
gaged." But  the  results  have  proved  the  wisdom  of  those  who  foresaw  them,  and 
made  possible  the  completion  of  the  great  work  at  that  early  date. 

He  read  the  Boston  daily  papers  with  no  diminution  of  interest  till  within  a  few 
weeks  of  his  death,  when  increasing  infirmities  compelled  him  to  lay  them  aside, 
saying,  he  only  felt  able  to  read  the  HampHliire  Gazette,  which  he  desired  to  do  in 
order  to  keep  up  his  knowledge  of  events  transpiring  near  home.  The  Gazette  has 
always  been  taken  in  his  family,  his  father  having  been  a  subscriber  from  its  first 
issue. 

Colonel  Stone  was  a  man  of  kindly  feelings,  sympathetic  and  benevolent.  He 
was  imong  the  first  to  visit  and  aid  the  sick  and  afflicted,  whether  they  reckoned 
themselves  among  his  friends  or  his  enemies. 

In  his  later  years  the  concerns  of  the  future  impressed  themselves  upon  his  mind 
with  increasing  force,  and  his  friends  are  consoled  with  the  thought  that  he  has  en- 
tered into  the  rest  that  remaineth  for  the  people  of  God. 

His  funeral  was  attended  at  his  late  residence,  last  Sunday,  P.  m.  The  exercises 
were  conducted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Juchau,  assisted  by  Rev.  Edward  Clarke  of  Chesterfield. 


Albertype — Forbes  Co.,  Boston. 


COL.    LUTHER    STONE. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  175 

Appropriate  reference  was  made  to  the  life  and  character  of  the  deceased,  his  firm 
integrity,  his  love  of  all  that  was  right  and  true,  and  the  controlling  influence  he  had 
long  exerted  in  the  community  where  he  lived.  It  was  remarked  by  one  that,  "un- 
der what  might  be  thought  a  little  roughness  of  expression,  he  had  the  kindest 
heart  he  ever  knew.''  The  large  number  in  attendance  bore  witness  to  the  respect 
in  which  he  was  held. 

Amos  H.  Stone,  only  son  of  Col.  Luther,  born  1817,  married  first, 
Martha,  daughter  of  Jacob  Dyer,  Nov.  16,  1843,  a"<^  ^^^^^  Martha, 
born  Sept,  11,  1844,  who  married  Henry  Bush.  Mr.  Stone  married 
second,  Sophia  M.,  dauo:hter  of  Willard  Parsons,  March  23,  1847. 
Children  :  Edward  G.,  born  Oct  12,  1848  ;  Ambrose  E.,born  Oct.  17, 
1850;  Frank  A.,  born  May  20,  1853;  Julia  A.,  born  Feb.  14,  1856; 
Mary  S.,  born  April  23,  i860  ;  Frederick  P.,  born  March  10,  1862. 

Ambrose  E.,  son  of  Amos  H.,  graduate  of  Yale  College,  1874;  was 
teacher  several  years  in  New  York;  married  Katie  O.  Catterlin,  Aug. 
25,  1879,  is  now  a  lawyer  in  New  York. 

Ambrose  Stone,  Jr.,  son  of  Major  Stone,  born  1793,  married  first, 
Nancy,  daughter  of  Oliver  Edwards,  Sen  ,  of  Chesterfield,  and  had 
several  children,  most  of  them  died  young.  Ann  Eliza,  aged  18,  died 
in  1840  ;  Alvan  Alexis,  grew  up  to  manhood,  removed  to  the  West, 
married,  and  became  superintending  engineer  for  one  or  more  rail- 
roads. He  was  soon  after  killed  by  a  blow  from  the  recoil  of  a  cable 
rope  which  parted  under  severe  tension,  while  replacing  cars  that 
had  been  thrown  from  the  track. 

Ambrose,  Jr.,  resided  for  many  years  in  Williamsburgh  and  manu- 
factured woolen  cloths  where  H.  L.  James  now  has  a  factory.  He 
was  an  esteemed  citizen,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  for  one 
or  two  terms.  He  resided  in  Easthampton  from  1847  till  his  decease. 
He  married  second,  Ardelia  Bardwell,  and  had  Nancy,  born  1837, 
who  died  in  the  morning  of  life  ;  and  Frederick  P.,  born  in  Goshen, 
Sept.  5,  1844,  enlisted  from  Easthampton  as  a  soldier  in  the  civil 
war,  died  in  the  rebel  prison  at  Andersonville. 

Frederick  P.  Stone,  son  of  the  Major,  born  1798,  married  Lucy  M. 
Smith  of  Whateley,  Oct.  1833.  He  was  a  very  public  spirited  man 
like  his  brothers,  whole  souled,  genial,  above  reproach  in  all  things 
and  universally  respected.  He  died  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness, 
leaving  many  to  mourn  his  early  departure. 

Major  Stone,  the  father,  and  each  of  his  three  sons  who  came  to 
full  maturity  of  manhood,  Luther,  Ambrose,  and  Frederick  P.,  served 
one  or  more  terms  in  the  Legislature. 


176  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Dea.  Artemas  Stone  was  probably  a  descendant  of  Dea.  Gregory 
Stone,  a  younger  brother  of  Dea.  Simon.  Dea.  Gregory  had  a  son 
Dea.  Samuel,  who  also  had  a  son  Dea.  Samuel.  Dea.  Samuel,  Jr., 
had  a  son  Joseph,  born  1689,  died  1753,  who  had  Joseph  of  Brook- 
field,  born  1714,  who  married  Sarah  Potter,  1744.  and  had  Elizabeth, 
Silas,  Dea.  Artemas,  Sarah,  Joseph,  Olive,  Jonas,  Silvanus. 

Joseph,  Jr.,  3d,  was  of  Shrewsbury,  married  Lydia  Rice,  Nov.  18, 
1772,  and  had  Sarah,  Luke,  Lewis,  Eunice,  Relief  who  married  Seth 
White,  Lucy  who  married  Silas  Burgess,  and  Joseph. 

Dea.  Artemas,  son  of  Joseph,  Jr.,  2d,  married  Jerusha  Parsons, 
sister  of  Rev.  Justin,  and  had  Sarah,  born  about  1775,  died  June  17, 
1790;  Wealthy,  born  1779,  died  Nov.  23,  1799;  Lydia,  born  1782, 
died  Nov.  11^  1787  ;  Levi,  born  1784,  died  Dec.  9,  1787  ;  Theodo- 
cia,  born  1786,  married  Rev.  Rufus  Cushman.  Dea.  Artemas  died 
Sept.  16,  1790,  aged  43.  Jerusha,  his  widow,  married,  second, 
Daniel  Brown,  Sept.  i,  1796;  third.  Major  Josiah  Lyman,  April  10, 
1803.  He  died  Nov.  18,  1822,  aged  87-,  and  she  removed  to  P'air- 
haven,  Vt.,  and  probably  spent  the  remainder  of  her  days  with  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Rufus  Cushman. 

Silvenus  Stone,  probably  the  younger  brother  of  Dea.  Artemas, 
married  Aseilath,  the  daughter  of  Lieut.  Lemuel  Lyon  (published 
Oct.  4,  1785),  and  afterwards  removed  to  Wiiliamstown,  where  he 
kept  a  hotel  for  many  years.  His.  children  were:  Silas,  who  con- 
tinued the  hotel,  and  died  in  Wiiliamstown  ;  Chester,  who  removed 
to  Bennington,   Vt.  ;  Pomeroy^  who  removed   West,  dealt  largely  in 

grain  and  became  wealthy.     A   daughter  of  Silvenus    married  

Hale. 

Deacon  Oliver  Taylor  was  born  in  Brookfield,  June  12,  1748,  came 
to  Goshen  in  177  i,  married  Lilley  Beals,  1774,  and  had  three  chil- 
dren :  Polly,  Naomi  and  Oliver. 

Polly  married  Gershom  Cathcart,  March  19,  1794,  and  had  Oliver 
T.,  father  of  Thomas  M.  ;  John  E.  ;  Wealthy;  Tryphena,  who  mar- 
ried Capt.  George  Abell,  1830;  Polly,  who  married  William  Tilton, 
Dec.  25,  i860. 

Naomi  married  Joseph  Putney  and  died  here.  Oliver  Taylor,  Jr., 
married,  first,  Asenath  Baker,  Jan.  29,  i8ot,  and  second,  Eleanor 
King,  July  8,  1813,  and  removed  to  the  West.  His  son  Charles  lives 
in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Dea.  Taylor  was  long  a  prominent  man  here,  both  in  municipal 
and  ecclesiastical  affairs.     As  the  leading    officer  in  the  church  his 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  177 

course  was  marked  by  the  conscientious  discharge  of  his  duty  under 
all  circuinstauces.  He  was  a  man  of  positive  character,  and  evi- 
dently had  much  influence  in  keeping  the  sentiments  of  the  church 
close  up  to  the  prevailing  orthodox  standard.  If  there  was  any 
lack  of  a  tolerant  spirit  in  him,  it  was  evidently  not  because  he  loved 
his  neighbor  less  but  the  truth  more.  He  served  faithfully  also  in 
town  affairs,  and  was  honored  by  frequent  elections  to  positions  of 
trust. 

Salathiel  Tilton  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  here,  and  united  with 
the  church  in  1789.  He  was  son  of  Josiah,  son  of  Samuel,  son  of 
William  of  Lynn,  who  came  from  England  about  1640.  The  chil- 
dren of  Salathiel  and  Eunice  Tilton  were  :  Eunice,  who  married 
Erastus  Gleason  of  Plainfield,  Oct.  5,  i8c8  ;  Josiah,  who  married 
Mrs.  Polly  Tilton  of  Chilmark,  1815  ;  Benjamin,  who  married,  first^ 
Clemina  Warner  of  Williamsburgh,  1819,  second,  Mary  Clark; 
Electa,  who  married  Eli  Judd  of  Northampton,  May  30,  1826  ;  Wil- 
liam, who  married,  first,  Aurelia  Converse,  April  13,  1826,  second, 
Polly  Cathcart,  Dec.  25,  i860  ;  Stephen  West,  who  married  Nancy 
Ames,  1830.  Mr.  Salathiel  Tilton  died  March  30,  1842,  aged  84. 
His  wife,  Eunice,  died  1818. 

Benjamin  and  Clemina  Tilton  had  Warner,  Eunice,  and  perhaps 
another.     Removed  to  South  Deerfield. 

William  and  Aurelia  Tilton  had  Sophia,  who  married  Samuel  A, 
Merritt,  April  12,  1856;  Mary  S.,  who  married  John  L.Godfrey, 
May  24,  1854;  Sarah  C,  who  married  Israel  Graves,  Jr.,  of  North- 
ampton, Jan.  I,  1861  ;  Spencer  Tilton,  unmarried,  resides  on  the 
old  homestead.     William,  the  father,  died  Oct.  15,  1869,  aged  76. 

Children  of  Stephen  West  and  Nancy  Tilton  :  Dea.  Henry  H., 
who  married  Julia  E.  Snow,  ivla'y  25,  1857,  and  removed  to  Williams- 
burgh. One  of  his  children  and  the  mother  of  his  wife  were 
drowned  May  16,  1874,  in  the  fearful  flood  caused  by  the  breaking 
away  of  the  reservoir  in  Williamsburgh.  More  than  one  iuindrtd 
and  fifty  others  were  drowned  at  the  same  time,  and  many  dwelling- 
houses  and  mills  were  entirely  swept  away. 

Emma  W.,  the  eldest  daughter  of  S.  W.  and  Nancy,  married 
Avery  W.  Adams,  May  25,  1854,  and  removed  to  Faribault,  Minn.  ; 
Vasti  removed  to  Conway,  and  married Howland  ;  Susan,  mar- 
ried  ;  George,  who  left   his   studies   and   enlisted   in    the  First 


178  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Mass.  Cavalry,  Aug.  1862,  died  Dec.  21,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at 
Fredericksburg.  John,  the  youngest  son,  resides  in  Conway.  John 
C.  died  March  3,  1849.  Edward  died  May  28,  1861,  aged  16.  Mr. 
S.  W.  Tilton  died  May  23,  1855,  ^S*^^^  55-  Mrs.  Nancy  Tihon  mar- 
ried, second,  Gen.  Asa  Rowland  of  Conway,  March  6,  1861. 

The  late  Ralph  Utley,  of  this  town,  was  grandson  of  Col.  Thomas 
Knowlton,  who  took  an  active  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
and  was  killed  in  the  fight  at  Hailciu  Heights,  Sept.  16,  1776. 
It  may  be  of  interest  to  the  reader  to  know  that  in  Col.  Trum- 
huWs  picture  of  the  "Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,"  which  is  so  often 
seen,  Col.  Knowlton  is  represented  as  standing  next  behind 
the  person  who  is  supporting  the  head  of  the  wounded  Gen.  Warren. 
Col.  Knowlton  is  represented  as  being  in  the  act  of  discharging  his 
gun  at  the  British  soldiers,  who  seem  to  be  attempting  to  thrust  a 
bayonet  into  the  breast  of  the  fallen  hero.  Mr.  Utley's  mother  was 
sister  of  Col.  Knowlton,  and  was  from  Ashford,  Conn. 

Levi  Vinton,  youngest  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Anne  of  Braintree,  born 
June  5,  1760,  came  to  this  town  probably  in  1777.  He  enlisted  Oct. 
I,  of  that  year,  from  Chesterfield,  for  three  years,  in  Capt.  Hasting's 
Co.     He  married  Jerusha  Fenton  of  Williamsburgh,  May  15,  1787. 

Children:  Samuel,  born  Feb.  22,  1788,  married  Eliza  Cornwell  ; 
Martha,  born  Sept.  20,  1789,  married  Wm.  Miller,  March  3,  1812  ; 
Electa,  born  Sept.  8,  1791,  married  James  Sheen,  Jan.,  1812  ;  Lucin- 
da,  born  Feb.  12,  1793,  married  Arvin  Nash,  Oct.  11,  1814;  Laura, 
born  Sept.  23,  1797,  unmarried  ;  Orpha,  born  Nov.  14,  1799,  married 
Samuel  Cole  ;  Eunice,  born  April  23,  1802,  married  first,  T.  F.  Upton, 
second,  H.  Conant  ;  Jerusha,  born  Oct.  11,  1804,  married  Seth  Shaw; 

Hannah,  born  Aug.  5,   1807,   married  Harrington;  Levi^  born 

Oct.  2,  18 10,  removed  to  California.  Mr.  Vinton  resided  in  Goshen 
till  1817,  when  he  removed  to  Hartland,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  Sept- 
20,  1820.     His  wife  died  eight  days  previously. 

The  children  of  Lucinda  and  Arvin  Nash,  according  to  the  Vinton 
o-enealogy,  were  born  as  follows  :  Eunice,  July  8,  18 17,  who  married 
Capt.  F.  Rice  ;  Jacob  Spencer,  July  22,  1825,  died  in  Goshen,  April 
7  1831  ;  Martha,  J.,  Aug.  13,  1827,  married  Charles  C.  Lamb  of 
Manmee  City,  Ohio,  Sept.  8,  185 1;  Maria,  May  8,  1833,  born  in 
Goshen. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEIS^.  179 

Capt.  Robert  Webster  came  here  in  1762,  bringing  his  wife  Molly, 
and  probably  one  child,  an  infant.  His  children  were  :  Hannah,  who 
married  Joseph  Jepson,  1780  ;  Anne,  who  married  Watson  Robinson 
of  Cummington,  1784;  Molly,  ^vho  married  Abial  Barrows,  1786; 
Achsah,  who  married  Sylvanus  Burk,  1785  ;  Susannah,  who  married 
Jacob  Nash,  Jr.,  Feb.  23,  1792  ;  Robert,  who  married  Rebekah  Ham- 
ilton of  Conway.  Capt.  Webster  died  and  his  widow  married  Joel 
Gustin. 

Children  of  Robert,  Jr.,  and  Rebekah  Webster  :  Mary,  who  married 
Bradley  Packard  of  Conway,  Dec.  2,  1831  ;  Caroline,  who  married 
Franklin  Naramore  ;  Wm.  H.,  who  married  Martha,  daughter  of 
Haltil  Washburn;  Robert  F.,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Theo- 
dore Parsons,  Nov.  28,  1844;  Elizabeth,  who  married  Chas.  Childs 
of  Conway,  Nov.  17,  1847,  and  removed  to  Montreal. 

Children  of  William  H.  and  Martha  Webster :  Louisa,  married 
Edmund  L.  Dawes  ;  Ellen  L.,  born  Aug.  22,  1847,  died  Nov.  21,  1850  ; 
Ellen  M.,  born  Oct.  14,  1850,  removed  to  Easthampton. 

Children  of  Robert  F.  and  Mary  P.  Webster:  Belle  P.,  born  Oct. 
30,  1845,  married  Myron  Avery  of  Easthan'ipton,  and  has  a  daughter 
Maud  j  Julia  E.,  born  Nov.  12,  1848,  married  Freebun  E.  White, 
May  2,  1875  ;  Frank  H.,  born  Jan.  9,  185 1,  employed  on  a  western 
railroad  ;  Fred  P.,  born  Sept.  30,  1852,  died  April  12,  1854.  Robert 
F.  Webster  died  Jan  7,  1857,  aged  38  years.  Mrs.  Belle  P.  Avery 
wMelds  the  pen  of  a  ready  writer  and  has  shown  decided  talent  in  her 
contributions  to  the  newspaper  press. 

Mr.  Hattil  Washburn  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  1780  or  '81,  and 
was  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  seven  boys  and  six  girls  ;  came  here 
when  nine  years  of  age,  and  lived  in  the  family  of  Dr.  Burgess  four- 
teen years.  He  died  here  upwards  of  eighty  years  old.  He  married 
Martha,  sister  of  Ebenezer  Putney,  2d,  and  had  Alanson,  married 
LydiaRobinson,  1830  ;  Hattil;  Amos;  Oscar;  ]\Iartha,  who  married 
Wm.  H.  Webster;  Minerva,  who  married  first,  Luther  Kellogg,  id>2,i^ 
— parents  of  George- — second,  Rodney  Hawks,  Oct.,   1856,   and  had 

Mary,    born   Dec.    27,    1858  ;  Mary,   who   married Holmes    of 

Northampton,  and  had  Frank  and  another  son.  Sidney,  son  of  Hattil, 
Sen.,  died  March  14,  1824,  aged  21.  Semantha,  daughter,  died  Nov. 
30,  1825,  aged  16.  Hattil  Washburn,  Jr.,  married  Loiza,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  Putney,  2d,  April  15,  1834;  she  died  Feb.  3,  1837,  aged 


180  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN". 

27.  He  married  second,  Betsey  Ewell,  Oct  8,  1839,  ^^^^  ^'^*^^  ^^^y  ^7' 
1852.  He  married  third,  Julia  Elwell,  (published  Nov.  27,  1852,) 
removed  to  Northampton. 

TJie  Weeks  family  of  this  town  were  descendants  of  George  and 
Jane,  of  the  first  settlers  in  Dorchester.  Their  son,  Amiel,  married 
Elizabeth,  and  had  Suppl}'  Weeks,  who  was  born  Aug.  26,  167 1,  and 
removed  to  Marlboro.  He  married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Barnes,  June  4,  1699,  she  died  Jan  15,  17 12,  and  he  married,  March 
10,  1715,  Mary  Holland  of  Framingham.     He  died  Sept.  22,  1755. 

Children  of  Supply  and   Susanna  Weeks  :  Thomas,  born   Sept.   5, 

1700,  married    Hannah  ;  Jemima,  born  Feb.    23,  1702,  married, 

May  19,  1730,  Isaac  Tomblin  ;  Abigail,  born  Jan.  26,  1704;  Amiel, 

born  Oct.  13,  1705,  married   Mary ;  John,  born   March  3,  1707, 

married  Dinah  Keyes  ;  Elijah,  born  Feb.  4,  1710;  Susanna,  born 
Jan.  II,  1712,  married  Jan.  30,  1734,  Ephraim  Ward. 

Thomas  Weeks,  born  Sept  5,  1700,  married  Hannah  Holland, 
born  Aug.  27,  1704,  probably  of  Marlboro.  Their  children  were: 
Hannah,  born  Feb.  3,  1725  ;  Ruth,  born  Dec.  2,  1726  ;  Sam- 
uel, born  March  31,  1729  ;  Eunice,  born  Sept.  19,  1730,  died  1731  ; 
Phebe,  born  Jan.  13,  1733  ;  Thomas,  born  April  21,  1735  ;  Eunice, 
born  Aug  15,  1737  ;  David,  born  Jan.  i,  1740;  Holland,  born  Aug. 
14,  1742  ;  Amiel,  born  March  i,  1745. 

Capt.  Thomas  Weeks,  born  April  21,  1735,  removed  to  Brookfield 
and  married  Mercy  Hinckley,  July,  1759.  She  was  daughter  of  Job 
and  Sarah  (Tufts*)  Hinckley.  Job,  born  Feb.  16,  1688,  was  son  of 
Samuel,  born  at  Barnstable,  Feb.  14,  1652,  was  son  of  Gov.  Thomas 
Hinckley,  born  in  England,  in  1618,  came  to  New  England,  1635. 
Mercy  Hinckley,  who  married  Capt.  Thomas  Weeks,  was  born  Sept. 
22,  1737.  She  had  two  brothers  killed  by  the  Indians,  probably  in  the 
"Bars  Fight,"  1746.  Her  brother  Samuel,  born  Oct.  15,  1730,  was 
father  of  Judge  Samuel  Hinckley  of  Northampton,  born  Dec.  22,  1757, 
graduate  of  Yale  ('ollege,  1781,  Judge  of  Probate,  1818  to  1835. 
Sarah,  sister  of  Mercy,  born  Feb.  27,  1734,  married  John  Ranger; 
Mary,  another  sister,  married  Samuel  Grimes  ;  David,  a  brother  of 
Judge  Hinckley,  nephew  of  Mercy,  born  Oct.  19,  1764,  an  eminent 
and  wealthy  merchant  of  Boston.     He  built  and  owned  the  granite 

*  The  writei-  lias  a  pewter  platter  with  "S.  T."'  the  initials  of  Sarah  Tufts,  stamped 
upon  it,  which  was  prohably  a  part  of  her  marriage  outlit. 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEJs^.  181 

structure  at  the  corner  of  Beacon  and  Somerset  streets,  now  in  pos- 
session of  the  Congregationalists  and  occupied  by  several  of  their 
leading  societies.  It  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  granite  building 
erected  in  Boston. 

Capt.  Thomas  Weeks  was  born  in  Marlboro,  but  early  removed  to 
Brookfield.  In  1762  he  was  appointed  a  deputy  sheriff  of  Worcester, 
and  subsequently  of  Hampshire  County,  in  which  office  he  served 
acceptably  for  many  years.  He  lived  in  Greenwich  from  1770  10 
1778,  and  during  that  time  served  two  or  three  years  in  the  army, 
acting  as  paymaster,  and  attaining  the  rank  of  captain.  He  was  with 
our  troops  at  the  surrender  of  'i'iconderoga,  where,  in  common  with 
other  officers,  he  suffered  the  loss  of  his  camp  equipage,  clothing,  etc. 
He  removed  to  Chesterfield  Gore,  and  was  instrumental  in  its  incor- 
poration as  a  town  in  178 1,  of  which  he  was  the  first  town  clerk,  and 
held  the  office  several  years.  He  vvas  delegate  to  the  State  conven- 
tions in  1779-80,  which  formed  the  constitution.  He  was  much  em- 
ployed in  public  affairs,  and  was  prominent  as  a  surveyor  of  land  and 
school  teacher.  His  old  blaze,  a  crow's  foot,  is  occasionally  found  in 
late  years.  Alvin  Barrus,  his  great-grandson,  has  the  compass  that 
he  used  a  hundred  years  ago.  It  was  probably  made  by  him.  He 
died  in  18*7,  aged  82  years.  He  left  many  papers  relating  to  the 
affairs  of  his  times  and  several  journals. 

Ciiildren  of  Capt.  Thomas  and  Mercy  (Hinckley)  Weeks  :  Mercy, 
born  April  18,  1762,  married  John  Williams;  Elijah,  born  Aug.  23, 
1764,  married  Sarah  Batchelder,  1793  ;  Sarah,  born  May  15,  1766, 
married  Cyrus  Stekrns.  The  above  were  born  in  Brookfield.  Ezra, 
born  in  Greenwich,  May  10,  1772;  Calvin,  born  July  6,  1774,  died 
Feb.  10,  1801  ;  Levi,  born  Oct.  22,  1776  ;  Luther,  born  Dec.  23,  1778, 
died,  1779  ')  Kata,  born  in  Goshen,  Jan.  4,  1781,  married  first,  Au- 
gustus Belding  1802,  second,  Liberty  Bowker  of  Savoy.  Capt.  Weeks 
died  Apr.  20,  1817.  His  wife  died  Feb.  5,  1822.  Her  name  on  page 
41  is  erroneously  given  as  Mary. 

Children  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  (Batchelder)  Weeks  :  Jared,  born 
Apr.  5,  1794;  Laura,  born  June  30,  1795  ;  Lydia,  born  Apr.  3,  1796, 
died,  1800  ;  Sophronia,  born  March  9,  1800  ;  Clara,  born  Feb.  7, 
1802;  Hiram,  born  June  24,  1804;  Liscom,  born  July  6,  1806; 
Vashti,  born  Nov.  6,  1808;  Solomon,  born  April  30,  181 1;  John 
Waterman,  born  Aug.  6.  1813  ;  Sarah  C,  born  June  16,  1817.  Eli- 
jah Weeks  removed  to  Scipio,  N.  Y. 


182  HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEX. 

Ezra  Weeks,  who  came  to  this  town  with  his  father  when  about  s^x 
5ear,s  old,  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  builder,  and  when  a 
young  man  removed  to  New  York.  He  was  successful  in  business, 
became  quile  wealthy,  and  was  president  of  one  of  the  city  banks. 
He  married  a  Miss  Hitchcock,  and  had  one  son,  Alfred  Augustus, 
born  July  lo,  1804,  a  lawyer,  who  died  unmarried,  July  26,  1847.  ^^^^ 
eldest  daughter,  Mary  Ann,  born  April  17,  1798,  married  Dr.  Mar- 
tyii  Paine,  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  the  city.  She  died  Jan. 
10,  1852.  Caroline  Louisa,  the  only  other  child,  born  Aug.  11,  1802, 
maniedDr.  Stephen  Brown. 

After  retiring  froiu  business  he  resided  a  few  years  at  Canaan  Cen- 
ter, N.  Y.,  but  on  the  death  of  his  son,  returned  to  the  city,  where  he 
died  nbout  thirty  years  since.  He  was  a  man  of  much  practical  wis- 
dom, and  one  of  his  mottoes,  worthy  to  be  remembered,  was  this  of 
Addison — "A  well  bred  man  will  not  offend   me,  and  no  oiher  can." 

In  a  letter  to  an  aged  sister,  dated  in  1846,  he  tells  the  story  of  his 
later  years  in  liie  following  language  : 

Will  you  excuse  ine  if  I  say  a  few  words  respecting  nnscir.  Perhaps  there  is  no 
man  living  that  has  been  urure  highly  blessed  through  a  long  life  than  I  have  been. 
I  have  never  lacked  ni')ney  to  purchase  anything  that  I  desirc^d  for  my  (onifort  or 
pleasure.  P^veryihing  I  touched  seemed  to  turn  to  gold  u'ltil  I  was  past  fiftv  years 
of  age,  and  I  was  proud  of  being  rich.  Hut  a  kind  rrovid(;nce  sccir.g  niy  worldly 
heart,  in  order  to  huinbie  nic,  took  foui-fifihs  of  my  properiv  from  mc,  but  as  it  did 
not  enibarra-s  me.  the  jridolic  were  not  aware  of  the  extent  of  mv  loss.  I  retired, 
supposed  to  be  rich  and  not  in  the  least  humbled.  ]]iit  soon  after  the  great  fire  in 
New  York  (Dec,  1835,)  which  took  off  one  half  I  had  left,  this  liumbltd  me  to  the 
dust,  and  with  the  aid  of  my  heavenly  dream,  which  I  think  I  related  to  you,  I  was 
brought  to  my  senses.  That  dream  caused  me  to  see  my  dependence  upon  my 
Saviour,  and  I  rejoiced  at  my  losses  and  felt  grateful  that  I  had  enough  left  to  make 
me  comfortable.  Now  I  care  no  more  for  money  than  the  dust  under  my  feet,  any 
farther  than  what  I  want  to  purchase  mv  comforts.  I  liave  enough  for  my  own 
use,  if  I  had  more  I  should  give  away  more.  I  cannot  now  do  much  for  the  poor 
which  was  always  my  delight.  I  gave  each  of  my  children  a  handsome  property  be- 
fore I  lost  any,  and  they  are  richer  now  than  I  am,  and  very  respectable  in  the  com- 
munity, which  is  a  great  consolation  to  me.  My  son-in-law,  Dr.  Paine,  is  a  Profes- 
sor in  the  medical  college  of  the  University  in  New  York.  He  is  considered  one  of 
the  most  learned  physicians  in  this  country.  He  has  written  several  books  which 
have  attracted  much  attention  in  Europe. 

I  am  very  happy  with  ray  children.  My  son  takes  charge  of  all  my  worldly  con-, 
cerns  and  I  am  as  free  from  trouble  as  a  man  can  be  and  live  in  it,  and  I  am  still 
blessed  with  excellent  health.  How  can  I  find  language  to  express  my  gratitude  to 
my  Heavenly  Father  for  his  merciful  kindness.         ****** 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  183 

[Note.  The  loss  of  property  to  which  Mr.  Weeks  refers,  occurred  in  this  manner :  An 
<ild  Quaker,  in  whom  he  placed  the  utmost  confidence,  desired  a  loan  of  sixty  thousand 
dollars,  to  be  repaid  -within  a  short  time.  The  loan  was  made,  but  when  the  time  of  pay- 
ment approached,  the  man  came  for  an  extension  of  time,  and  represented  that  he  could 
not  pay  it  at  all,  unless  he  could  borrov,-  sixty  thousand  dollars  more.  To  save  the  first 
sixty  thousand,  IVfr.  Weeks  advanced  the  second  sixtj'  thousand,  and  finally  lost  the  whole 
sum.  Among  his  most  profitable  early  investments  probably  was  the  purchase  of  seven 
acres  of  land  in  the  north  part  of  New  York  city  at  $300  per  aero.] 

David  Weeks,  born  1740,  brother  of  Capt.  'I'homas,  inanied  Eu- 
nice Rockwood,  Children:  Silas  R.,  married  Ruth  Hf  witt ;  Esther, 
married  Samuel  Fellows,  who  removed  from  Shelbuine  t  >  Wniertown. 
N.  Y.,  iSoo  ;  David,  born  1776,  died,  1851,  married  Poly  W'l^on  ; 
Eunice,  married  Samuel  Kellog«j,  removt  d  to  Ohio  ;  Justin,  l-om 
1776,  married  Betsey  Warren,  removed  to  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  died 
1855  ;  Elijah,  died  1815  ;  Phebe,  married  Bates  ;  Persis,  mar- 
ried   Robbins  ;  Amiel,  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Stephen  War. 

ren,  removed  from  Goshen  to  Geauga  Co. ^  Ohio,  1828. 

Ciiiidicn  of  Amiel  and  Lucy  Weeks  :  Silas,  Luther,  Aaron,  Miran- 
da, born  1824;   Maria;  Esther,  born  1826;  Cynthia,  born  1832. 

Ir>  t!ie  early  S'-iilri)">i  (^f  this  state,  two  immigrants  named  Wil- 
liams, appe.ir  ami  peifonn  leading  jjarts  i;i  their  respective  towns. 
Their  n  nnes  \vt  re  Robni.  who  settled  in  Roxbury,  and  Richard, 
who  sct:lc-(i  in  Taunton,  and  was  called  the  "father  of  the  town." 
Each  of  ihese  men  was  at  htast  the  father  of  a  numerous  posterity, 
and  were  worthy  of  remembrance.  Whether  they  were  near  relatives, 
we  arc  not  informed.  Both  were  said  to  be  of  Welsh  origin,  and 
both  relatives  of  Oliver  Cromw*:;lI,  whose  original  name  was  Williams, 
and  was  changed  to  Cromwell  by  King  James,  that  he  might  inherit 
an  estate  of  his  aunt's  husband. 

In  a  letter  of  Roger  Williams,  the  original  Jiaptist  in  this  country, 
he  alludes  to  his  "brother,"  who  had  sent  a  [.^aper  of  some  kind  for 
the  consideiation  of  the  people,  Mr.  Baylies,  the  Tauntoii  historian, 
thereupon  raises  the  query  whether  Richard  of  Taunton  be  not  this 
very  brother,  but  Mr.  Savage,  the  genealogist,  doubts  the  correctness 
of  the  suggestion.  In  a  book  entitled  "The  Ministry  of  Taunton,"  it 
is  said  of  Richard  Williams,  "the  blood  of  a  Cromwell  coursed 
through  his  veins." 

He  was  a  rigid  Puritan.  When  deaf  and  blind  from  age,  he  was 
accustomed  to  attend  public  worship,  saying  that  "although  he  could 
neither  see  nor  hear,  yet  it  was  according  to  his  feelings  to  know  he 
was  present  while  the  people  of  God  were  at  their  worship." 


184  HISTOIIY    OF    GOSHEN. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  purchasers  of  the  tract  of  land  from  the 
Cohannet  Indians,  which  was  known  as  the  "Eight-Mile  ISquare,"  and 
was  in  1640  incorporated  as  Taunton.  He  was  Deputy  for  many 
years  from  that  town  to  the  "Great  and  General  Court"  in  Plymouth. 

The  Williams  families  of  Williamsburgh  and  Goshen  are  the  de- 
scendants of  this  Richard.  He  was  born  in  1599,  and  married 
Frances  Di^rhton,  sister  of  the  wife  of  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley  ;  they  had 
eight  children,  of  whom  Benjamin  was  the  sixth  son.  He  married 
Rebecca  Macy,  or  Marcy,  March  18,  1690.  They  had  four  children. 
John,  the  youngest,  was  born  March  27,  1699.  This  John  resided 
in  Taunton,  Vs^here  he  died  about  1780.  His  widow,  Elizabeth,  sur- 
vived him.  Their  son  John,  born  about  1728,  resided  for  a  time  in 
Middleboro',  whence  he  removed  to  Williamsburgh,  where  he  died 
Dec.  I,  1802.  The  name  of  his  wife  was  Rhoda  Crowell,  probably 
from  Chatham,  Mass.  She  died  in  Williamsburgh,  Feb.  22,  1814. 
Children:  John;  Jonah;  Joseph;  Abigail,  who  married  John 
Stearns  of  Goshen  ;  Mrs.  Nathan  Starks.  Gross  Williams,  Esq., 
resided  in  Williamsburgh  and  reared  a  large  family.  One  of  his 
daughters  married  Edward  Gere,  the  mother  of  the  wide-awake  and 
talented  editor  of  the  Hampshire  Gazette — Henry  S.  Gere,  Esq. 
John  and  Jonah  removed  to  this  town,  about  1777,  or  '78,  and  set- 
tled in  that  part  of  it  called  "Chesterfield  Gore."  John  was  the  first 
postmaster  of  the  town,  and  resided  where  his  son  Hinckley  now 
does. 

John,  born  April  23,  1755,  married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Thomas  Weeks. 

Children:  Hannah,  born  Dec.  16,  1780,  married,  first,  Thomas 
Porter,  1804,  second,  Capt.  N.  Tower,  died  Dec.  31,  1861  ;  Sally, 
born  Aug.  24,  1782,  died,  unmarried,  July  30,  1870;  Isaac,  born 
Feb.  24,  1784,  married  Polly,  daugiiter  of  Dr.  Burgess,  1806,  died 
Sept.  8,  1807  ;  Mercy,  born  Aug.  17,  1785,  married  Benj.  W.  Miller, 
1807,  died  Dec.  10,  1876  ;  John,  Jr.,  born  Sept.  16,  1787,  died  1788  ; 
John,  Jr.,  of  Ashfield,  born  April  6,  1789,  married  a  daughter  of  Rev. 
David  Todd,  died  April  4,  1879  ;  Seth  of  Cummington,  born  May  9, 
179 1,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Burgess,  May  20,  18 13,  died 
Dec.  23,  i860,  in  Madison,  Iowa  ;  Clarissa,  born  March  29,  1793, 
died  iyo2  ;  Eunice,  born  Feb.  28,  1795,  married  Freeman  Coffin, 
died  1826  ;  Levi,  born  April  4,  1797,  married  Harriet  Arms,  died  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  June  28,   1848  ;  Thomas,  born  Jan.    4,   1799,  died 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  185 

Aug.,  1799.  E'iza  E.,  born  Aug.  10,  1800,  married  Geo.  Markham, 
June  2,  1S35  ^  Clarissa,  born  Aug.  29,  1802,  died  1803  ;  George, 
born  Oct.  23,  1804,  died  March  i,  1824;  Hinckley,  born  Dec.  7, 
1806.     Sarah,  wife  of  Seth  Williams,  died  June  26,  1844. 

Hinculey  Williams  married  Elvira  A.,  daughter  of  Judge  Wright 
of  Pownal,  Vt.,  Jan.  9^  1833. 

Children  :  Clarinda  Boardman,  born  Aug.  31,  1836  ;  Hinckley 
Wright,  born  Oct.  8,  1844,  died  Aug.  25,  1864 — a  student  in  Amherst 
College  ;  Sarah  Russell,  born  May  3,  1850. 

Clarinda  B.,  daughter  of  Hinckley  Williams,  graduate  of  Charles- 
town  Female  Seminary,  married,  June  6,  i860,  Hon.  Lucius  Manlius 
Boltwood,  graduate  of  Amherst  College,  1843  ;  member  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Senate,  1860-1  ;  Librarian  of  Public  Library  in  the  city 
of  Hartford  for  several  years,  now  of  New  Haven;  historian  and 
genealogist  of  high  re(3ute. 

Sarah  Russell  Williams,  youngest  daughter  of  Hinckley  and  Elvi- 
'ra  Williams,  was  a  young  lady  of  more  than  usual  attainments  and 
ability.  She  was  a  graduate  of  Westfield  Normal  School  in  1868, 
•and  for' seven  years  afterwards  wa>>  a  piondnent  and  successful  teach- 
er in  Hartford,  Conn.  In  1873  she  formed  one  of  a  party  of  teach- 
ers who  visited  the  Vienna  Exhibition.  Two  years  later  an  affection 
of  the  throat  and  lungs  conipclled  her  to  give  up  teaching,  and  for 
four  years  she  spent  most  of  hei  time  in  California  and  Colorada,  in 
the  hope  of  regaining  her  health.  The  struggle  was  in  vain,  and  she 
•died  in  Boulder,  Col.,  Aug.  24,  1879,  aged  29  years.  She  had  a 
strong  and  ready  sympathy  for  (hose  in  suffering,  and  did  much  to 
■brighten  the  lives  of  others,  like  herself,  far  from  home.  She  was 
amiable,  energetic,  persevering,  with  a  controlling  will  that  made  her 
■a  leader  wherever  she  was.  She  brought  to  her  Goshen  home  muny 
interesting  mementoes  of  her  travels,  which  are  highly  prized  as  memen- 
toes of  herself.  The  obtaining  of  one  of  these,  a  fine  bamboo  rod  Irom 
Panama,  shows  her  power  to  interest  and  influence  even  strangers. 
When  crossing  the  Isthmus,  she  requested  the  conductor  to  stop  the 
train  near  a  grove  they  were  passing,  that  she  might  obtain  a  speci- 
men rod  to  carry  home.  The  conductor  complied,  and  sent  one  of 
his  men,  who  brought 'her  the  desired  keepsake. 

Louisa,    daughter    of    Capt.    Nathaniel    and    Hannah    (Williams) 

Tower,  graduated  at  the  young  ladies'  seminary  in  Charlestown,  and 

.taught  in  the  High  Schools  in    Chicopee,   Mass.,   and    in    Michigan. 


186  HISTORY  OF  goshe:n^. 

Si^e  married  Hon.  John  C.  Dexter  of  Evart,  Mich.,  and   died  in  that 
place,  Feb.  23,  188 1,  a<4ed  60  years. 

Almirn,  second  daughter  of  Capt.  Nathaniel  and  Hannaii  Tower, 
married  Warren  J.  Ball,  Oct.  30,  1845,  ''"<^'  ^^^'^^  Delia  A.,  who  mar- 
ried Allen  R.  Stanley,  Sept.  22,  1869  ;  Charles  \V.,  born  July  3,  1849  ; 
John. 

John  Williams  was  Justice  of  the  Peace,  a  ^ood  business  man, 
careful  and  prudent,  and  an  esteemed  citizen.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  chief  supporters  of  the  Baptist  church  in  this  town,  and 
lived  and  died  a  consistent  member  of  that  branch  of  the  christian 
church.      He  died  Nov.  15,  1834. 

Squire  Williams  was  a  man  of  much  shrewdness  as  well  as  solidi- 
ty of  character,  and  amassed  a  respectable  property.  He  had  a 
habit  of  drawing  lessons  from  circun^stances,  that  was  often  made 
quite  instructive  to  others.  He  sometimes- related  for  this  purj^ose, 
his  attempt  at  learning  to  sing.  When  he  first  came  to  the  town  he 
said  he  joined  the  choir,  ilnnking  he  might  not  onlv  learn  to  siiig  but 
be  able  to  do  a  little  good  in  that  line.  During  the  singing  of  ihe 
first  tune,  the  chorister  gave  i)in>  a  friendly  nudge,  saying  :  ''  Mr. 
Williams,  you  haven't  quite  got  tJie  pilch."  Again  Williams  started 
off  with  redoubled  power,  and  again  cauie  the  leininder,  ''Williams, 
you  haven't  got  ihe  pitch."'  "I  sat  down  Uj)on  thai,"  said  WilUams, 
''and  I  have  sirice  seen  a  great  many  men  who  be_^in  life  with  as  ear- 
nest an  effort  to  do  something,  as  1  nuule  to  sing,  but  they  fail, 
because  tlicp  ((oh't  (jet  titc pltr/t/''  A  fellow,  wdio  was  in  tiie  habit  of 
imbibing  too  freely  when  he  had  the  opportunity,  brought  a  bottle, 
saying  his  father  was  sick  and  had  sent  him  foi'  a  pint  of  rum. 
"John,"  said  W.,  "I  believe  you  are  trying  to  deceive  me;  you  want 
the  liquor  for  yourself."  '"No,"  said  John,  ''fatlier  is  sartinly  sick  and 
wants  me  to  hurry  right  back  with  it,  and  he  told  me  not  to  taste  of 
it,  and  I  won't,  sartin."  "Well,  John,  if  you  promise  that  you  won't 
taste,  ril  fill  the  bottle."  John  promised,  the  bottle  was  filled,  and 
bottle  and  boy  went  off  together.  In  a  few  minutes,  however,  both 
came  back,  John  in  a  rage  and  the  bottle  empty.  "Mr.  Williams  ! 
Mr.  Williams  !  you  filled  my  bottle  with  water,!"  "How  did  you 
find  that  out?"  coolly  inquired  the  merchant.  "Well — I  didn't  know 
but  it  might  be  waiter,  and  I  thought,"  said  John,  "I'd  better  just  trvr 
it  and  see." 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  187 

Of  the  son'i  of  Squire  Williams,  Seth  was  a  prominent  business 
man  in  Cummington  for  many  years  ;  John  was  a  merchant  in  Ash- 
field  ;  Levi  in  Northampton  ;  Hinckley  in  Goshen  ;  and  each  c-I;  them 
noted  for  energy  of  character  and  devotion  to  business. 

Jonah  Williams,  brother  of  Squire  John,  married  Anna  Graves  of 
Katfield  in  1791.  A  large  family  of  sons  and  daughters  was  born 
unto  them,  and  grew  up  to  manhood  and  womanhood.  The  sons 
v.'ere  Arfemas,  Atnasa,  Abishai,  George,  Jonah,  Daniel  and  William  ; 
the  daughters,  Ann,  who  married  Lyman  Randall,  May  31,  1827  ; 
Clarissa,  who  married  Thomas  Thayer,  June  iS,  1828;  Wealthy,  who 
mairicd  Harvey  Nichols  of  Chester,  Ohio,  April  17,  1834;  and 
Phebe  married  in  the  West.  William  was  a  graduate  of  Amherst 
College,  in  the  same  class  with  Henry  Ward  Beecher.  He  and  his 
youngest  sister,  Phebe,  were  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  South  in 
the  work  of  teaching,  and  he  was  subsequentlv  professor  in  Lagrange 
College,  Alabama.  Upon  I  he  breakinLj  otit  of  the  rebellion  he  came 
Nonh,  and  in  1864  made  a  j.ix  weeks"  tour  of  \okinteer  service 
among  the  so'di^rs  of  the  arm\-  of  the  Potomac.  His  labors  were  of 
a  deeply  in!ere.st:ng  character,  and  in  Camp  Distribution  there  was 
almost  a  continuous  revival  while  he  was  theie.  He  distributed 
thousands  of  religious  newspapers,  tracts,  testaments,  preached  often, 
delivered  addresses  on  t^^mperance,  and  participated  extensively  in 
religious  me-^iings.  President  Lincoln  at  a  later  date  appointed  him 
hospital  chaplain  at  Mem])his,  Tenn.  A'  the  close  of  the  war  he 
retur  ned  South,  where  he  died  several  years  since, 

Artemas  Williams  removed  to  South  Deerficld.  He  died  Feb.  7, 
18S1,  aged  88  yeais,  9  months,  7  days.  The  following  notice  of  him 
is  taken  from  an  obituary  published  in  the  Co)is;regationalist  : 

Mr.  Williams  was  born  in  Goshen  in  1792.  His  ancestors  were  of  Welsh  origin, 
relatives  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  whose  original  name  was  Williams.  The  direct  ances- 
tor, Richard  Williams,  was  one  of  the  original  purchaser*  of  the  tract  of  land  from 
the  Cohannet  Indians,  known  as  the  eight-mile  square,  and  was  in  1640  incorpera- 
ted  as  Taunton.  He  was  called  the  father  of  the  town.  His  descendents  were  the 
earlier  settlers  of  Goshen  and  Williamsburg,  for  whom  the  town  of  Williamsburg 
was  named. 

Mr.  Williams  received  his  early  training  at  the  district  school  in  his  native  tovrn, 
with  the  loved  playmate  of  his  boyhood.  Rev.  Levi  Parsons,  one  of  the  first  mis- 
sionaries of  the  American  Board  to  Palestine,  and  later  at  Par.*on  Ha'lock's  School 
for  boys  at  Plainfield,  an  institution  widely  known  in  those  days  for  thorough 
instruction  in  the  ccmmon  branches  and  for  good  moral  training.     He  was  married 


188  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^. 

in  1817  to  a  daughter  of  Capt.  Elijah  Arms,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Rev.  John  Wil- 
liams, the  first  minister  of  Ueerfield.who  was  captured  and  carried  to  Canada  by 
the  Indians.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  South  Deerfield  Congregational 
Parish  in  1818;  only  one  member  survives  him.  When  the  church  was  built  he 
contributed  generously  for  its  erection,  and  brought  from  Hartford  with  his  team 
the  bell  that  for  many  years  called  the  worshipers  at  the  sanctuary  he  loved,  and 
where  for  more  than  sixty  years  he  was  never  known  te  be  absent  on  the  Sabbath 
unless  detained  by  sickness  or  the  infirmities  of  age.  He  was  elected  parish  clerk 
in  1822,  and  held  that  office  over  forty  years.  The  old  parish  book,  containing  200 
pages  of  records  in  the  clear  handwriting  of  Mr.  Williams,  is  treasured  by  thefam" 
ily  as  a  sacred, heir-loom  and  is  of  great  historic  value.  At  his  house  the  earlier 
ministers  of  the  parish  were  examined  for  settlement,  and  his  house  was  always 
the  minister's  home.  For  years  the  weekly  church  meetings  were  held  there,  and 
there  many  ?  worker  in  educational  and  benevolent  causes  was  entertained  by  the 
hospitable  Christian  man. 

In  the  enterprise  of  securing  funds  for  the  Bloody  Brook  Monument  he  took  an 
active  part.  For  nineteen  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  assessors  of 
Deerfield.  Esteemed  as  a  citizen  and  magistrate,  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him, 
there  was  but  one  expression  in  regard  to  him,  that  of  entire  confidence,  love  and 
esteem.  His  kindly  traits  of  character  shone  out  so  that  there  was  no  doubt  of 
what  there  was  within.  Such  transparent  honesty  and  so  high  a  standard  of  Chris- 
tian principles  as  were  his,  that  not  to  make  mention  of  them  would  seem  to  be  an 
injustice.  He  was  a  rigid  Puritan.  When  in  early  life  the  Holy  Spirit  revealed  to 
him  a  Saviour  mighty  to  save,  he  thus  narrates  in  his  journal  the  great  change  : 

"One  Sabbath  morning,  after  long  struggles  and  darkness,  on  my  way  to  the 
sanctuary,  the  clouds  were  scattered,  light  broke  in  upon  my  soul,  and  the  infinite 
love  of  God  in  all  His  beauties  and  glories  was  revealed  to  me,  I  had  nothing  to 
do  but  accept  and  be  saved.  Christ  had  done  the  work,  and  in  the  full  assurance 
of  faith  made  me  believe  in  Jesus,  and  all  was  happy." 

Mr.  Daniel  Williams  and  Miss  Permelia,  dau^^^hter  of  Mr.  Silas 
Blake  of  Ashfield  v/ere  married  Nov.  12,  1828.  The  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  their  marriage — the  golden  wedding — was  observed  Nov. 
12,  1878,  at  their  residence  in  this  town.  The  following  account  of 
the  event  is  condensed  from  the  Hampshire  Gazette.  William  Ban- 
croft of  Chesterfield  was  master  of  ceremonies;  Miss  Fannie  Hawks 
and  Mrs.  T.  P.  Lyman  had  charge  of  the  entertainment.  The  wood 
that  made  the  fire  for  the  cooking  was  in  the  woodshed  fifty  years 
ago.  Two  table  cloths  made  by  Mrs.  Williams  and  some  of  the 
crockery  on  the  tables  had  been  in  use  by  the  family  for  fifty  years. 
Congratulatory  remarks  were  made  by  Mr.  Hinckley  Williams,  M. 
Alanson  Washburn,  Rev.  Edward  Clarke,  Rev.  C.  B.  Ferry  and 
Henry  S.  Gere.  Esq.,  of  Northampton. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  189 

Mr,  Washburn  was  present  at  the  original  wedding  fifty  years  ago.  He  was  one 
of  the  famous  corps  of  stage  drivers  that  drove  on  the  route  from  Northampton  to 
Pittsfield  and  Albany.  He  took  a  four-horse  team  and  a  "Concord  coach"  and 
took  the  bridegroom  from  his  home  on  the  day  of  the  wedding,  and  drove  to  the 
home  of  the  bride,  about  two  miles  distant,  and  brought  them  back. 

The  remarks  made  were  of  a  ])leasant  character,  and  it  was  noticed  as  notewor- 
thy that  there  was  so  much  that  could  be  said.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  are  among 
the  most  solid  and  substantial  people  of  the  town.  They  have  been  remarkable  for 
.their  industry  and  thrift,  and  their  example  is  a  good  one  for  the  younger  people  to 
follow. 

After  the  remarks,  a  poem  selected  for  the  occasion  was  sung  by  Mrs.  Vining  of 
Williamsburg.  During  the  afternoon,  supper  was  served  to  65  guests  seated  at 
the  table  in  frequent  relays.  Letters  were  read  by  Mr.  Bancroft  from  Frederick  W. 
Lyman  ot  Kenosha,  Wisconsin,  Rev.  J.  C.Thompson  of  Belvidere,  111.,  and  N.  H. 
Wood  of  Portage,  Ohio,  all  former  residents  of  Goshen  or  its  vicinity.  A  letter 
was  read  from  Mr.  Williams'  brother,  Mr.  Artemas  Williams  of  South  Deerfield, 
now  86  years  of  age,  and  blind.  There  were  present  three  of  the  original  wedding 
guests— Mr.  Hosea  Blake  of  Ashfield,  aged  83,  Mr.  Hinckley  Williams  and  Mr. 
Washburn.  Also,  several  other  aged  people,  among  them  Mrs.  Hosea  Blake,  aged 
78,  Mr.  Emmons  Putney,  79  years  old,  and  as  smart  as  a  steel  trap,  and  Mrs. 
Hinckley  Williams,  69  years  old.  Also,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joshua  Knowlton,  of  North- 
ampton, Representative  Hiram  Packard,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  G.  Spelman  and  Mrs. 
Lyman  D.  James  of  Williamsburgh,  and  Miss  Millie  W.  Warren  of  New  York,  the 
latter,  the  adopted  daughter  of  Mr.  "Williams. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  are  n6w  74  and  71  years  of  age  and  still  hale  and  hearty. 
They  live  on  the  old  road  from  Goshen  to  Ashfield,  in  the  house  built  by  his  father, 
Jonah  Williams,  in  1816.  It  was  built  for  a  tavern,  and  was  kept  as  such  several 
years,  until  the  division  of  the  county  cut  off  the  travel  from  Ashfield,  Charlemont, 
and  other  towns  in  that  reg'on  to  Northampton  as  the  shire  town,  which  spoilt 
their  tavern  business  Tlie  house  has  been  famous  for  its  parties,  and  good  cheer 
and  hospitality  have  always  abounded.  One  of  the  old  landmarks  in  the  house  is 
a  large  eight-day  clock,  bought  by  Mr.  Williams'  father  70  years  ago,  and  has  been 
doing  faithful  service  ever  since. 

Mr.  Williams  relates  that  he  has  never  called  a  physician  for  himself  but  foilr 
times  in  his  life,  and  then  he  went  for  him  himself.  Once  when  the  Doctor  came, 
he  was  feeling  so  much  better  that  he  dismissed  him  and  called  for  his  bill.  7'he 
Doctor  charged  him  five  dollars,  saying,  "I  could  have  kept  you  along  a  good 
while,  if  I  had  had  a  mind  to."  That  Doctor  was  "old  Dr.  Knov.lton,"  of  Ashfield. 
and  the  incident  occurred  forty  years  ago. 

An  address,  prepared  for  the  occasion  by  Hiram  Barrus,  Esq.,  of  the  Boston  Cais- 
tom  House,  was  read  by  Rev.  B.  C.  Ferry,  of  Northampton,  and  was  listened  to 
very  attentively  by  all  present. 

EXTRACTS   EROM   THE   ADDRESS  :  ♦ 

It  is  not  the  first  time  that  some  of  us  gather  here  to  pass  a  pleasant  hour  and 
evening.      For  many  years  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W^illiams  annually  invited  the  choir  of 


190  HISTORY    OF  GOSHEX.  * 

singers  belonging  to  their  society  and  other  friends,  to  meet  here  and  devote  an 
evening  to  social  converse  and  singing.  It  may  not  l)e  out  of  place  to  remark  that 
the  choir  in  its  day  has  done  much  good  singinir,  and  has  included  in  its  member- 
ship many  worthy  persons  of  each  generation.  Among  its  leaders  of  long  ago  were 
Dea.  Asahel  Billings,  Frederick  P.  Stone,  r3ea.  Elijah  Billings,  J.  M.  Smith,  and 
Major  Joseph  Hawkes,  who  is  still  doing  good  service,  and  has  been  cor.nected  with 
the  choir  for  nearly  the  entire  period  which  is  passing  in  retrospect  before  us  this 
evening.  There  were  also  the  Dressers  and  Hunts,  instrumental  musician.s;  the 
Smiths,  Stones,  Putneys,  Dressers,  and  scores  of  other  well-rtmembered  vocalists? 
that  under  this  roof  have  taken  part  in,  and  enjoyed  these  annual  gatherings. 

We  remember  how  grandly  some  of  those  old  anthems  rung  out,  as  the  choir  was 
led  by  "Uncle  Fred," — as  we  called  him, — one  of  the  noblest  of  nun,  ai.cl  a  model 
leader.  Organs  and  melodeons  were  not  so  numerous  then  as  now,  and  the  usual 
accompaniments,  if  any,  were  stringed  instruments.  When  these  were  n(,t  at  hand, 
the  steel  tuning  fork  gave  "the  pitch"  from  which  the  chorister  with  a  "Do,  Mi,  Sol, 
Do,"'  took  his  bearings,  and  then  it  11  plunged  into  the  tune  with  a  heartiness  and 
spirit  that  the  moderns  do  not  surpass.  We  have  listened  many  a  time  sinc^  to 
paid  soloists  and  quartettes  in  city  churches,  but  rarely,  indeed, have  we  heard  vocal 
music  that  would  stir  the  soul  as  did  the  music  of  that  old  choir. 

But  we  pass  to  other  matters.  Though  it  has  not  been  the  happiness  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Williams  to  rear  children  of  their  ©wn,  it  has  been  their  privilege  to  adopt  and 
bring  up  others.  One  of  these  was  Calvin  Gilmore  Williams,  who  ])assed  his  early 
years  here,  and  is  remembered  as  a  bright  and  interesting  lad,  a  wide-awake  and 
intelligent  pupil  in  our  schools,  and  always  a  good  boy.  His  early  death,  in  an- 
other state,  recalls  one  of  the  shadows  that  have  fallen  upon  this  household. 

We  remember  another  as  the  adopted  daughter  of  a  few  years— Martha  Baker — 
the  sunny  face  and  merrv  vcjice  of  the  child  ;  her  winning  ways,  her  attendance  at 
school,  where  she  stood  first  among  the  first  in  all  that  was  good  and  commendable; 
the  development  of  the  bud  into  the  blossom  as  she  passed  from  girlhood  and  be- 
came at  an  early  age  the  wife  of  one  of  our  resi^ected  and  gifted  clergymen.  Rev. 
Wm.  Carruthers,  and  then,  after  a  brief  period  of  happiness  and  usefulness,  took  one 
more  step  upward  and  was  numbered  with  the  angels. 

Our  memory  calls  up  with  pleasant  recollections  another  name' that  it  always 
reckons  as  one  of  this  household,  that  of  Miss  Permelia  Warren,  the  popular  teach- 
er, whose  field  of  labor  is  in  the  city  of -New  York. 

We  remember  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  as  among  the  first  and  foremost  in  reliev- 
ing the  sick  and  suffering,  in  sympathizing  with  the  afflicted,  and  in  assisting  to  pay 
the  last  sad  duties  of  respect  to  the  departed.  We  do  not  forget  that  the  services 
of  Mr.  Williams  have  l)een  sought,  in. and  out  of  town,  for  conducting  funerals,  nor 
the  fact  that  he  has  assisted  in  committing  to  their  final  resting-place  the  remains 
of  not  a  few  persons  belonging  to  the  first,  second,  and  third  generations  that  lived 
in  this  town. 

Over  the  doorway  of  one  of  the  Roxbury  homesteads,  still  occupied  by  the 
descendants  of  Robert,  is  wrought  the  family  coat  of  arms.  It  bears  the  motto, 
"What  God  willeth,  will  be." 

Fifty  years  !  That  period  carries  us  back  to  the  era  before  the  days  of  railroads 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  191 

and  ocean  steamers;  before  the  clays  of  sending  messages  by  lightning  acress  conti- 
nents and  around  the  world;  before  the  days  of  daguerreotypes,  tin-types,  photo- 
graphs, autograph  albums,  and  telephones  ;  before  the  days  ©f  friction  matches, 
kerosene  lamps,  cook  stoves,  sewing  machines,  ready-made  clothing,  and  shoddy 
cloth;  before  the  days  when  postage  fell  from  twenty-five  cents  a  letter  to  three 
cents;  before  the  days  of  daily  mails  and  daily  papers  in  Goshen  ;  before  the  days 
when  bibles  were  printed  in  hundreds  of  languages  b/  one  society,  and  sohl  for  25 
cents  a  copy. 

"IV/ioi  God  willeth.  zvill  be'"  The  past,  present,  the  future,  is  in  His  hands. 
May  His  benediction  rest  upon  each  of  you  till  the  golden  bowl  be  broken,  and 
then  may  it  be  your  happy  lot  to  walk  the  golden  streets,  where  they  neither  marry 
nor  are  given  in  marriage,  but  are  as  the  angels  forever. 

[NOTi;.    Since  the  above  was  prepared  lox' the  pres.s,  Mr.  Williams  has  passed  away. 
His  death  occurred  March  15, 1881.] 

John  Williams,  "Carpenter,"  was  from  Uxbriclge,  and  perhaps  not 
connected  with  the  other  families.  He  married  Deborah,  daughter 
of  John  Smith,  Dec.  24,  1795,  but  had  no  children.  By  patient  in- 
dustry, rigid  economy,  and  careful  investments  at  a  moderate  rate  of 
interest,  with  the  help  of  a  wife,  like  minded,  he  accumulated  a  hand- 
some property.  Mrs.  Williams  survived  her  husband  some  years  and 
very  considerately  made  the  liberal  donations,  which  have  been  else- 
where mentioned  in  these  pages.  Mr.  Williams  died  May  17,  1843, 
aged  74  years.     Mrs.  Williams  died  Sept.  19,  1859,  aged  86  years 

Zebulon  Wiilcutt  was  born  in  Cohasset,  son  of  Jesse,  and  brother  of 
Lieut.  Jesse.  The  three  probably  came  at  the  same  time,  April  6,  1772, 
and  settled  at  once  on  the  pbice  still  owned  by  Joel  Wiilcutt  (every 
body's  "Uncle  Joel,")  and  his  sons  Martin  and  Alvin.  Zebulon  prob- 
ably cleared  the  farm,  a  portion  of  which  is  still  owned  by  his  descen- 
dants. Zebulon  was  a  strong,  able-bodie(i  man,  and  one:  borrowed 
a  five  pail  iron  kettle  in  Northampton  for  boiling  sap,  which  he  car- 
ried on  foot  to  Goshen  and  returned  in  the  same  way.  He  had  I^ois, 
who  married  Hollister  Damon,  1831,  and  two  sons.  Rev.  William  and 
Francis.  .  Rev.  William  married  Betsey  Daniels,  and  had  Jackson, 
who  married  Amanda,  daughter  of  Calvin  Loomis  ;  Jason,  who 
married  Elvira,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Shaw;  Hester,  who  married 
Almon  B.  Loomis ;  Harriet,  who  married  Joseph  Bush,  Dec.  25, 
1844;  Eliza,  who  married  Alonzo  Shaw,  1845  ;  Elvira,  who  married 
Andrew  Shaw  ;  William,  Jr.,  who  married  Rosinn,  daughter  of  'osepli 
Crosby  ;  Lorenzo,  married Partridge. 


192  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

Jackson  Willcutt  had  Andrew  J.,  born  July  5,  1845  ;  and  Edward. 
Jason  Willcutt  removed  to  Cummington  and  had  Brackley;    Clarinda.. 

Children  of  Harriet  and  Joseph  Bush  :  Henry,  who  married  Mar- 
tha Stone  ;  Hattie  and  Alice. 

Children  of  Eliza  and  Alonzo  Shaw  :  Charles  Nelson,  married,  and 
resides  in  Adams;  Georgiana  ;  Mary  Ann  ;  Willie  E.,  who  married 
Eva  V.  Merritt,  June  29,  1878  ;  Florence. 

Francis  Willcutt  married  Mehitabel  Daniels,  and  had  Harvey,  who 

died  Nov.. 9,  1851,  aged  26  ;  Horace,  married Robbins  ;  Hiram, 

married  Eunice  L.  Robbins  ;  Mary,  who  married,  first,  Milo  Milliken,. 
second,  Lafayette  Eddy,  Dec.  14,  1854;  Noah,  died  April  23,  185 1, 
aged  16  ;  Mehitabel,  born  Jan.  3,  1843,  married  Stephen  Parsons  of 
Plainfield,  May  10,  1870  ;  Emily,  married  Horatio  Culver,  Jan.  15, 
1879. 

Enoch  Willcutt,  son  of  Lieut.  Jesse,  married,  first,  Sally  Wood,. 
1801,  second,  Hannah  Knight,  1826.  Children  .  Philip,  died  unmar- 
ried ;  Mercy,  who  married  Theodore  Damon,  June  6,  1831  ;  Hannah, 
who  married  Joseph  Cole,  Sept.  23,  1838  ;  Candace,  who  married 
John  Allis,  Jan.  29,  1840  ;  another  son. 

Alpheus  Willcutt,  brother  of  Enoch,  married  Chloe ,  lived  for 

a  time  in  Goshen,  had  Harrison  ;  John,  who  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  Shaw ;  and  other  children.  Mrs.  Chloe  married,  sec- 
ond, Pardon  Washburn,  Dec.  5,  1842. 

Rhoda  Willcutt,  sister  of  Enoch,  married,  first, Ball,  father  of 

Warren  J.  Ball.  Mrs.  Rhoda,  married,  second,  Eleazer  Hawks,  and 
had  one  son — William. 

Capt.  Edward  Wing  probably  came  from  Warren,  Mass.,  where  his 
first  child,  Edward,  Jr.,  was  born  ;  his  other  children  were  born  in 
Goshen.     His  wife  was  Elizabeth . 

Children  :  Edward,  Jr.,  married  Polly  Blood,  Dec.  15,  1802;  Nel- 
son, born  April  6,  1778,  married  Betsey-  Tilton,  Nov.  25,  1802  ; 
James,  born  Dec.  30,  1780,  drowned  June  7,  1797  ;  Elisha,  born 
Sept.  7,  "1782,  married  Desire  Hall  of  Ashfield,  1807  (published  Sept. 
27);  Elizabeth,  born  March  14,  1784;  Isaac,  born  Jan.  20,  1786, 
married  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Mr.  Keyes  of  Conway;  Rebekah,  born 
Feb.  18,  1788,  married  Nathaniel  Clark  of  Ashfield,  June  i,  1809  ; 
Sally,  born  June  21,  179 1  ;  Samuel,  born  Feb.  25,  1792,  married 
Patty  Bond  of  Conway,  1816,  (published  Sept.  30.) 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  193^ 

Isartc  Wing  married Keyes,   and  had   Samuel,   who  married 

'Catherine  Wolf  of  Deerfield,  1839  ;  Isaac,  Jr.,  married  Nancy  Ladd, 
1841  ;  Mary  A.,  married  Oscar  Washburn,*  Dec.  12,  1848,  died  May 
2,  1852. 

There  was  a  Benjamin  Wing,  perhaps  son  of  Edward,  who  married 
Jane  Bond  of  Conway,  1819. 

Rev.  Samuel  W'hitman  was  born  in  Weymouth,  March  i,  1751  ; 
graduated  at  Harvard  College,  1775;  settled  in  Asiiby,  1778;  dis- 
missed, 1783;  settled  in  Goshen,  1788  ;  member  of  the  Legislature, 
i8o8  ;  dismissed  from  his  pastorate  here,  July  15,  1818. 

He  published  several  sermons,  and  an  8  vo.  volume,  entitled  "Key 
to  the  Bible  Doctrine  of  Atonement  and  Justification,"  and  "An  Im- 
partial History  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Church  and  People  of 
Goshen  in  the  dismission  of  their  minister,  &c.,"  1824. 

Mr.  Whitman  married  Grace,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Bos- 
ton. Their  children  were  :  Samuel;  Ezekiel,  born  1783  ;  and  Grace, 
probably  born  before  coming  to  Goshen;  David,  born  1788,  died 
unmarried;  Sally,  born  1791,  died  unmarried;  Polly,  born  1792; 
Betsey,  born  1794,  married  Hazo  Parsons  of  Belchertown,  and 
remov'ed  to  Middletown,  Va.  ;  Ephraim,  born  1796,  printer,  died 
Sept.  14,  1819  ;  Stephen  West,  bom  1797,  physician,  died  Aug.  13, 
1826,  on  his  way  from  Ohio  to  visit  friends  here,  leaving  a  wife  and 
child  ;  Abby,  born  1800,  married  Oren  Carpenter,Boston,  died  1842, 

Mr.  Whitman  passed  through  many  and  severe  trials,  which  he  bore 
with  christian  fortitude.  It  has  been  said  that  he  was  dismissed 
from  his  pastorate  on  account  of  a  change  in  his  religious  opinions. 
In  a  letter  wwitlen  in  August  before  his  death,  he  said  :  "I  have  been 
attending  to  Mr.  Ware's  Theology,  reading  nine  sermons  of  his  in  a 
volume  sent  me.  If  I  do  not  think  in  all  points  just  as  he  does,  I 
have  no  more  right  to  say  he  is  destitute  of  religion  than  he  has  to 
say  I  am  destitute  of  it,  because  I  do  not  hold  with  him  in  ail  points. 
He  is  a  man  of  good  sense,  and  he  writes  like  a  sincere  man,  a  man 
who  has  a  good  heart.  If  hearts  agree  in  uniting  to  Christ,  we  shall 
meet  in  heaven  where  Christ  is,  and  there  our  understandings  and 
judgments  will  be  rectified.  Not  to  hold  communion  and  fellowship 
with  a  man  because  he  believes  that  there  is  but  one  God,  even  the 
Father  of  our  I^ord  Jesus  Christ,  is  unreasonable  and  borders  on 
persecution."     In  one  of  the  last  letters  he  wrote — perhaps  the  last 


194  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

— dated  Nov.  13,  1826,  he  speaks  of  being  under  the  care  of  Dr. 
Starkweather,  but  hopes  to  be  better  to  morrow.  It  is  written  to  his 
daughter  Abbyin  Boston,  where  she  was  residing  with  her  aunts,  in 
reference  to  her  approaching  marriage.  After  giving  her  some  good 
advice^  he  closes,  saying  :  "I  rejoice  that  you  rejoice  in  Zion's  pros- 
perity. We  hope  that  the  religious  revival  in  Boston  will  be  great, 
and  also  elsewhere.  I  hope  that  Unitarians,  wherein  they  err,  will 
be  reformed,  that  they  and  all  others  will  speculate  correctly,  and 
that  sinners  will  be  converted  from  total  moral  depravity  to  the  love 
of  the  truth,  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  If  we  love  Christ  we  shall  be  saved, 
if  we  do  not  believe  as  some  others  do."  These  extracts  will  be  suf- 
ficient, perhaps,  to  show  the  direction  in  which  his  departures  from 
the  orthodox  standards  of  his  times  were  thought  to  have  been  made, 
as  well  as  his  general  views  relating  to  the  main  truths  of  the  gospel. 

He  died  Dec.  18,  1826,  from  an  attack  of  a7igina  pectoris.  His 
last  words  were  :  ''The  ways  of  the  Lord  are  equal." 

Mr.  Whitman  was  the  eldest  son  of  David  and  Olive  (Webb)  Whit- 
man, of  Weymouth.  David  was  son  of  Ebenezer,  son  of  John,  Jr., 
son  of  John  of  Dorchester,  who  came  from  England.  A  brief  j;,ene- 
alogy  of  the  Whitman  family,  published  in  Portland  many  years  since, 
gives  the  date  of  Mr.  Whitman's  birth  as  1744,  seven  years  earlier 
than  the  date  recognized  by  his  family. 

Mr.  Emmons  Putney  says  that  Mr.  Whitman,  during  the  winter 
season  was  accustomed  to  preach,  wearing  his  overcoat  and  striped 
mittens,  with  a  red  bandana  handkerchief  as  a  covering  for  his  head. 

There  were  three  distinct  families  of  early  settlers  of  the  name  of 

White;  Ezekiel,  of  Weymouth;  Farnum,  of  ;  and  William  of 

Charlton. 

Ezfckiel  was  grandson  of  Samuel,  of  Weymouth,  who  married  Anna 
Pratt.     Her  father  and  mother  were  deaf  and  dumb. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Anna  :  Ebenezer,  Jeremiah,  Elisha,  Sam- 
uel, Neheraiah,  Micah,  Matthew,  Anna,  Hannah,  Ezekiel. 

Ezekiel,  married  Abigail  Blanchard,  and  had  Abigail,  married  Da- 
vid Turner  ;  Ezekiel,  Jr.,  married  Sarah  Vinton  ;  Chloe,  married  Job 
Trufant ;  Mary,  married  Samuel  Peck  ;  Silence,  married  John  Shaw; 
David,  married  Martha  Cottle  ;  Nehcmiah,  married  Mary  Ripley  ; 
Noah,  married  Tamar  Bates,   1783  ;    Sarah,  married  Asa  French  ; 


HISTORY  OF  goshe:n^.  195 

Ebenezer,  married  Calista  Partridge  ;  Olive,  married  Jacob  French  ; 
Josiah,  died  unmarried. 

Sarah  White,  sister  of  Lieut.  Ebenezer,  married  Asa  French,  Feb. 
14,  1784.  Their  children  were  :  Elihu,  Samuel,  Irena,  William,  So- 
phia, Jabez,  (who  was  father  of  M.  M.  French  of  Northampton,) 
Ambrose,  Sail)-,  Nathan. 

Lieut.  Ebenezer  White,  married  first,  Calista,  daughter  of  Asa 
Partridge,  Sen.,  1786.  She  died  Feb.  29,  1808,  aged  45  years.  He 
married  second,  Hannah  Ripley,  who  died  June,  1836. 

Children  of  Lieut.  Ebenezer  and  Calista  :  Asa,  born  Dec.  16,  1787, 
died  Dec.  25,  1859  ;  Fr-bun,  born  Oct.  31,  1789,  married  Betsey, 
daughter  of  Ezel^iel  White,  Jr.;  Sarah,  born  Oct.  6,  1794,  mariied 
Capt.  Horace  Packard,  Jan.  17,  1818,  died  April  4, 1876  ;  Polly,  born 
May  18,  1797,  died  unmarried,  May  12,  1862  ;  John,  born  Oct.  26, 
1799,  married  Salome  Curtis,  died  Feb.  20,  187 1  ;  Calista,  born  Aug. 
3,  1801,  married  Hiram  Thayer,  died  Feb.  2,  1838;  Ebenezer,  born 
Dec.  5,  1807,  married   Mary  Tilden,  June,  1837,  died  Nov.  27,  1870. 

Asa  White,  born  1787,  married  first,  Livia  Ely,  Nov.  26,  181 1  ; 
second,  Harriet  Ely — sister,  1844. 

Children  of  Asa  and  Livia  White;  Orrel,  born  Sept.  23,  1815, 
married  Joseph  T.  Thayer,  Oct.  28,  1835, died  Sept.  24,  1868;  Homer; 
Peregrine,  married  Catharine  Willcutt ;  Heman,  married  Ellen 
Brackett, 

Farnum  White,  probably  not  connected  with  the  other  White  fam- 
ilies of  this  town,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers,  and  with  his  wife 
Lois,  united  with  the  church  here,  within  three  or  four  years  of  its 
organization.  He  died  Dec.  6,  1795,  aged  45.  His  wife  removed 
to  WilliaiHstown  to  reside,  probably  with  her  daughter,  and  died  in 
1813. 

Children  :  Chloe,  born  Aug.  23,  1775,  married  Cheney  Taft,  1793; 
Seth,  born  Dec.  8,  1778,  married  Relief  Stone,  June  4,  1800,  removed 
to  Williamstown  about  1812  ;  Ntlson,  born  April  13,  1781  ;  Abigail, 
born  Aug.  7,  1783,  married  Elijah  Streeter,  April  23,  1801  ;  Elias, 
born  Dec.  16,  1787,  married  first,  Rhoda  Cowles  of  Williamsburgh, 
1814.  She  died  Jan.  21,  1817,  and  he  married  second,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Maj.  Ambrose  Stone,  Dec.  25,  1817  ;  Clarissa,  born 
March  18,  1790,  married  Lucius  Cowles  of  Williamsburgh,  April 
23,  1812. 


196  HISTORY  OF  goshe:n. 

The  children  of  Chloe  and  Cheney  Taft,  born  in  this  town,  were  : 
Newell,  born  April  4,  1794;  Lyman,  born  Nov.  17,  1795;  VVillard, 
born  Feb.  13,  1798  ;  Harriet,  born  March  15,  1800.  The  father 
joined  the  church  here  in  May,  1801,  and  afterwards  the  family 
removed  to  Williamstown,  where  Mr.  Taft  was  held  in  high  esteem. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  there. 

Tiie  Tafts  are  descended  from  Robert,  of  Braintree,  and  in  1874, 
had  a  re-union  in  Uxbridge,  where  many  of  the  name  were  i3resent. 
Judge  Taft  of  Ohio  delivered  the  address.  The  following  extract  of 
a  poem  read  on  the  occasion  gives  a  brief  exhibit  of  the  principles  of 
the  pioneer  families: — 

On  mountain  tops  of  thought  they  trod, 

And  heard  the  thunders  roar 
Beneath  them,  while  they  talked  with  God 

And  worshiped  Him  the  more  ; 
They  came  into  the  wilderness 

Where  tempted  day  by  day. 
They  met  the  Devil  face  to  face 

And  drove  the  fiend  away. 
They  smo      the  Quakers  hip  and  thigh. 

They  bade  the  Baptists  go, 
Episcopacy,  high  or  low, 

They  didn't  care  to  know  ; 
They'd  seen  enough  of  other  creeds 

To  make  them  prize  their  own  ; 
They  felt  it  met  their  soul's  best  needs, 

To  go  it  all  alone. 

Caroline,  the  only  child  of  Elias  and  Rhoda  White,  removed  West 
and  married  there.  Elias  White,  married  second,  Hannah  Stone, 
and  had  Catharine,  who  married  Francis  M.  Pierce,  died  Aug.  16, 
1880,  at  Kenosha,  Wis.  ;  Lois  Emily,  who  married  Medad  Hill  of 
Williamsburgh  ;  Alfred  A.,  learned  the  printer's  trade,  in  the  office  of 
the  Northampton  Courier;  removed  to  Wisconsin  and  thence  to 
Dubuque,  Iowa,  where  he  died  after  a  brief  illness,  Jan.  30,  1852, 
aged  24  years.  He  was  an  excellent  scholar,  gifted  as  a  writer,  and 
had  become  the  editor  of  a  newspaper.  He  was  brought  up  in  the 
family  of  his  grandfather  Stone. 

William  White,  Es  i.,  fiom  Charlton,  in  1762,  was  01-e  of  tlie  very 
earliest  settlers.     He  purchased    of   Gad  Lyman,   receiving  a  deed 


Albertype— Forbes  Co.,  Boston. 


Joseph  White. 


mSTORY   OF    GOSHEN.  197 

thereof,  dated  May  17,  1762,  the  westerly  half  of  Lots  No.  6  and  No. 
13,  First  Division.  The  deed  is  witnessed  by  Mercy  Hawley  and 
Joseph  Hawley  of  Northampton.  Ezra  May,  in  consideration  of 
twenty  pounds,  lawful  money,  deeded  to  him,  Dec.  29,  1762,  "the  whole 
twentieth  original  lot,  that  is  to  say,  ye  twentieth  lot  in  the  first  Divis- 
ion, in  and  of  that  tract  of  land  in  the  said  Chesterfield,  which  is  part 
of  the  late  Propriety  called  the  Narragansett  number  four.  The  said 
lot  in  quantity  is  about  one  hundred  acres,  be  the  same  more  or 
less."  This  deed  was  also  witnessed  by  Major  Hawley.  White 
built  his  house  near  the  east  side  of  lot  No.  20,  nearly  on  the  spot 
where  the  present  house  stands,  which  was  built  about  1829,  perhaps 
later.     Lot  No.  20  was  bounded  on  the  east  by  lot  No.  13. 

The  ancestors  of  William  White,  Esq.,  have  not  been  definitely 
ascertained.  They  were  probably  of  the  early  settlers  of  Woodstock 
from  Roxbury.  John  of  Roxbury  had  John,  and  probably  Joseph  and 
Benjamin.  John,  Jr.,  and  Joseph  had  each  a  Joseph.  Benjamin 
White,  son  of  one  of  the  Josephs,  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Rox- 
bury in  1703.  The  heirs  of  Lieut.  John  White  received  certain  lands 
in  Woodstock.  There  is  little  doubt  that  Joseph  and  Benjamin  were 
family  names  in  this  branch  of  the  White  family,  and  the  frequent 
recurrence  of  the  names  in  these  early  years  suggests  the  reason  of 
their  repetition  in  the  family  born  in  this  town. 

Wdliam,  the  pioneer  in  1762,  was  son  of  a  Benjamin,  who  fjiay 
have  been  the  Benjamin  above  named,  son  of  Joseph,  but  it  is  not 
proved.      William  was  probably  an  only  son.      He  had  one  sister  who 

married  Gates.     It  is  very  probable  that  Benjamin,  the  father, 

died  while  these  two  children  were  quite  young. 

The  town  records  of  Goshen,  in  the  hand-writing  of  William  White, 
have  the  following  statement,  which  is  probably  the  earliest  record 
of  the  family  that  is  reliable  : 

William,  son  of  Benjamin  White  and  Abigail,  his  wife,  born  at 
Dudley,  March  26,  1737,  married,  April  7,  1763,  Marcy,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Dorothy  (Marcy)  Dresser,  born  Sept.  18,  1742. 

The  children  of  William  and  Marcy  are  recorded,  as  follows  : 

Marcy,  born  Oct.  3,  1764,  married  Alpheus  Naramore  ;  William, 
born  Jan.  i,  1767,  died  April  8,  1792  ;  Mary,  born  Nov.  11,  1768, 
married  Thomas  Adams,  May  20,  1794;  Prudence,  born  July  16, 
1771,  married  John  Adam^,  May  20,  1794;  Eunice,  born  Nov.  8, 
1773,  died  Jan.  8,  1788  ;  John,   born   Feb.    13,    1776,    died    Aug.  12, 


198  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEK. 

1777;  Abigail,  born  April, 2,  1778,  died  Jan.  13,  1788;  Hannah, 
born  Aug.  20,  1780,  married  Timothy  Lyman  ;  John,  born  Dec.  29, 
1782,  died  Jan.  13,  1788  ;  Ezra,  born  Dec.  27,  1784,  died  Jan.  29, 
1788;  Joseph,  born  Aug.   17,  1787;  Benjamin,  born  Aug.    17,   1787. 

William  Wiiite,  Sen.,  died  Nov.  7,  182  i  ;  his  wife,  Jan.  i,  1823. 

William,  Jr.,  was  a  physician.  He  died  and  was  buried  in  Dorches- 
ter on  his  way  home  from  the  South,  where  he  had  been  for  his 
health. 

Two  sons  only,  of  this  large  family,  lived  to  enter  upon  active 
business,  Joseph  and  Benjamin,  twin  brothers.  Both  resided  upon 
the  homestead  for  about  thirty  years,  both  men  of  recognized  ability, 
possessing  many  traits  of  character  in  common,  and  bearing  so  strong 
a  resembhmce  to  each  otiier  in  form,  feature  and  voice,  that  their 
neighbors  were  sometimes  in  doubt  as  to  which  they  met. 

Joseph  White,  born  Aug.  17,  1787,  married  Oct,  31,  1820,  Sophia 
Huntington  of  Hinsdale,  Alass.  For  seven  and  a  half  years  after  his 
marriage  he  remained  in  Goshen,  during  which  time,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  six  nionth.s  wiien  lie  kept  the  hotel  at  the  center  of  the 
town,  he  and  iiis  brother  Benjamin  carried  on  the  home  farm  in  com- 
pany, both  living  in  the  same  house  as  one  family. 

In  the  spring  of  1828,  he  removed  to  Hinsdale,  Mass.,  iiaving  pur- 
chased one  of  the  best  farms  in  that  town.  Sound  judgment  and 
integrity,  with  industry  and  economy,  in  whicii  his  wife  bore  her  full 
share,  made  him  a  successful  farmer.  He  was  a  man  of  scholarly 
tastes,  .fond  of  reading,  and  was  especially  familiar  with  the  Bible. 
In  early  life  he  made  a  public  profession  of  religion,  uniting  with  the 
Congregational  Church,  in  which  he  continued  to  be  an  earnest  and 
consistent  member.  He  was  aUvays  prominent  in  the  town  and  in 
the  church,  and  was  marked  for  his  modesty,  intelligence  and  piety. 
He  took  great  interest  in  giving  his  children  "a  start  in  life,"'  and 
always  cheerfully  aided  them  pecuiiiarily  to  the  extent  of  his  means. 
He  died  on  his  birth  day,  Aug.  18,  i860,  at  the  age  of  73  years,  leav- 
ing a  widow  and  seven  children,  all  of  whom  siill  survive.  Mrs. 
White  now  resides  with  her  youngest  daughter,  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
in  the  enjoyment  of  health  and  in  the  full  possession  of  all  her  facul- 
ties, at  the   age  of  nearly  85  years. 

His  chil  dren  are  :  Sarah  Huntington,  born  in  Goshen,  Nov.  30, 
1821,  married  March  28,  1848,  Charles  T.  Huntington,  and  now 
resides  in  West  Brookfield,  Mass.     She  was  educated  at  the  Academy 


Albeitypc:  Forbes  Co.,  Boston. 


JOSEPH     H.     WHITE. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  199 

in  Worthington  and  at   Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary,  and  is  justly  held  in 
high  esteem  for  her  intelligence  and  christian  charncter. 

Joseph  Huntington,  born  in  Goshen,  Jan.  28,  1824.  In  his  boyhood, 
while  upon  the  farm,  he  showed  uncommon  energy  and  enterprise.  At 
the  age  of  22  he  went  to  Boston  and  obtained  a  situation  as  cleik  in 
a  store.  About  a  year  later,  he  commenced  the  retail  dry  goods 
business  on  his  own  account  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  company 
with  his  cousins,  William  and  Benjamin  F.  White.  At  the  ex- 
piration of  two  years,  he  sold  out  his  interest  to  his  partners,  and 
engaged  in  the  same  business  on  Hanover  street,  Boston.  Jan.  i, 
1854,  he  organized  the  dry  goods  importing  and  jobbing  firm  of 
White,  Browne,  Davis  &  Co.  They  at  once  commanded  a  large 
trade,  and  g.iined  ;in  enviable  reputation  for  taste  hi  the  selec- 
tion of  dress  goods  for  ladies'  wear.  The  firm  soon  began  to 
import  Inrgely,  and  in  1864  changed  to  a  strictly  importing  and  pack- 
age business  in  Boston  and  New  York,  under  the  style  of  White, 
Browr.e  &  Co.  This  firm  did  a  very  large  and  profitable  business  for 
ten  and  a  half  years,  and  was  dissolved  July  i,  1874.  Since  that 
time  Mr.  White  has  been  the  senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  White,  Pay- 
son  &  Co.,  the  selling  agents  for  the  jDroduction  of  the  Manchester 
Mills,  located  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  a  corporation,  which  in  1874  he 
was  chiefly  instrumental  in  re-organizing^,  and  in  which  he  is  a  large 
stockholder.  By  close  attention  to  his  business,  in  which  he  has 
shown  extraordinary  ability,  he  has  acquired  a  large  fortune.  He  is 
a  director  in  the  Manchester  Mills  and  in  the  Eliot  National  Bank. 
For  more  than  thirty  years  he  has  been  a  constant  attendant  at  the 
Central  Congregational  Church,  of  which  the  Rev.  Joseph  T.  Duryea, 
D.  D.,  is  now  the  pastor.  He  took  a  leading  part  in  the  erection  of 
its  magnificent  church  edifice,  being  an  active  member  of  the  building 
committee  and  contributing  liberally  of  his  means.  By  his  counsel 
and  aid,  he  has  been  of  great  service  to  his  younger  brothers.  He 
married,  Jan.  13,  1853,  Miss  Mary  E.  Stanyan  of  Chichester,  N.  H., 
who  died  Dec.  ig,  1853.  Was  again  married,  Nov.  13,  1855,  to 
Miss  Ellen   D.  Tewksbury    of  Manchester,   N.    H. 

Sophia  Marcy,  born  in  Goshen,  March  6,  1826,  was  educated  at 
Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton,  Mass.,  married  Dec.  29,'  1851, 
Stephen  J.  Wilcox.  She  lived  for  many  years  in  Boston  and  now 
resides  in  Worcester,  Mass.      She  is  an  active  member  of  the  Pied- 


200  HISTORY    OF   GOSHEN. 

mont  Congregational  Church.  Since  the  death  of  her  father  in  i860, 
she  has  kindly  given  her  mother  a  home  in  her  family. 

James,  born  in  Hinsdale,  Mass.,  July  9,  1828, graduated  at  Williams 
College  in  1S51,  taught  mathematics  two  years  in  Williston  Seminary 
at  Easlhampton,  Mass.  Commenced  the  study  of  theology  at  Ando- 
ver,  but  was  compelled  to  relinquish  it  on  account  of  a  diseaseof  the 
eyes.  In  December,  1854,  went  to  Boston  and  joined  his  brotht;r 
Joseph  in  business  ;  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  White,  Brown' &  Co., 
and  retired  from  business  in  July,  1874.  In  1875  was  elected  to  the 
Massachusetts  Legislature,  was  two  years  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  and  also  two  years  a  member  of  the  Senate.  He 
served  on  the  Committees  on  Claims,  Education  and  the  Treasury, 
and  was  Chairman  of  each  of  them.  He  was  elected  by  the  alumni 
a  Trustee  of  Williams  College,  and  for  this  year  is  President  of  the 
"Williams  Alumni  Association  of  Boston."  He  has  taken  an  active 
interest  in  benevolent  and  christian  work,  is  a  deacon  in  the  Central 
Congregational  Church,  President  of  "the  City  Missionary  Society," 
and  for  this  year  is  President  of  "the  Congregational  Club  of  Boston 
and  vicinity."  He  was  married,  Jan.  22,  1856,  to  Miss  Harriet  Cor- 
nelia, daughter  of  Dr.  B.  F.  Kittrtdge  of  Hinsdale,  Mass. 

The  Boston  Advertiser,  recently,  advocating  the  election  of  Mr. 
White  to  an  important  office  urged  "the  business  men  generally  to  see 
to  it  that  their  ballots  bear  the  name  of  the  Hon.  James  White.  He 
has  been  a  very  prominent  merchant,  and  is  one  of  a  family  of  broth- 
ers who  have  done  much  to  build  up  the  dry  goods  trade  of  Boston. 
He  is  also  a  gentleman  of  much  experience  in  public  affairs,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  house  of  representatives  in  1876  and  1877,  and 
of  the  senate  in  1878  and  1879.  -^^  served  with  much  distinction 
on  the  committees  on  education,  claims,  and  the  treasury,  and  has 
been  chairman  of  all  of  them.  Especially  as  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee on  claims  were  his  services  of  great  value  to  the  State,  and 
large  amounts  were  saved  to  the  treasury  by  his  careful  scrutiny  of 
demands  upon  it.  He  belongs  to  a  class  of  citizens  whom  it  is  ex- 
ceedingly desirable  to  encourage  to  enter  public  life," 

Simon  Huntington,  born  in  Hinsdale,  Mass.,  May  22,  1831,  mar- 
ried, Nov.  II,  1857,  Miss  Sarah  A.  Staikey  of  Westmoreland,  N.  H. 
He  purchased  his  father's  farm  in  Hinsdale,  upon  which  h(;  continues 
to  reside.  He  has  served  upon  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  and  has 
been  prominent  in  agricultural  circles,  having  been   President  of  the 


HISTUKY    OF    GOSHEI^.  201 

Highland  Agricultural  Society  at  Middlefield,  and  the  Berkshire  at 
Pittsfield.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  in 
1874,  and  served  upon  the  Committee  on  Prisons.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  Church, 

Jonathan  Huntington,  born  in  Hinsdale,  July  25,  1836,  married, 
June  28,  187 1,  Miss  Abby  C.  Herman  of  Boston.  He  was  educated 
at  the  Hinsdale  Academy  and  at  Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton, 
Mass.*  He  went  to  Boston  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  and  was  clerk 
and  afterwards  partner  with  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  S.  J.  Wilcox,  in 
the  retail  dry  goods  business.  Since  March,  1865,  he  has  been  a 
partner  in  the  firm  of  R.  H.  White  &  Co.,  and  now  resides  in  Paris, 
France,  being  the  foreign  buyer  for  his  firm. 

Ralph  Huntington,  born  Jan.  i  [,  1841,  went  to  Boston  at  the  age 
•of  eighteen  years,  and  was  cl:;rk  in  the  retail  dry  g03ds  store  of  his 
brother-in-law,  Mr.  S.  J.  Wilcox.  March  r,  1862,  when  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  he  purchased  a  half  interest  in  a  retail  dry  goods  store 
on  Hanover  street,  and  commenced  business  on  his  own  account 
under  the  firm  name  of  Tower  &  White.  At  the  expiration  of  ten 
months  of  a  prosperous  business,  he  sold  out  his  interest  to  his  part- 
ner, and  joined  his  brother-in-law,  under  the  firm  name  of  Wilcox, 
White  &  Co.,  on  Winter  street.  This  firm  also  did  a  profitable  busi- 
ness, which  they  sold  out  at  the  end  of  two  years.  At  this  time, 
March  I,  1865,  he  formed  a  cop  irtnership  with  his  brotjier  Jonathan 
and  continued  business  on  the  same  street,  th'i  style  of  the  firm  being 
R.  H.  White  &  Co.  Heie  they  did  a  large  and  profitable  business 
till  Jan.  1877,  when  they  rcmov -d  10  their  present  magnificent  store 
on  Washington  street. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  this  young  man  left  a  clerkship  in  a 
retail  dry  goods  store,  where  he  was  getiing  six  dollars  per  week, 
and  was  laying  up  money  at  that,  and  commenced  business  for  him- 
self with  a  few  hundred  dollars,  a  part  of  which  he  had  earned  him- 
self. At  the  age  of  forty  we  find  him  at  the  head  of  a  firm,  vhose 
business,  built  up  chiefly  by  his  own  ability,  is  exceeded  in  amount 
by  not  more  than  three  or  four  similar  establishments  in  this  country. 
It  will  not  be  easy  to  point  to  a  similar  instance,  at  least  in  Boston. 
He  married,  Dec.  24,  1863,  Miss  Ellen  M.  Tucker  of  Andover,  Mass. 

Benjamin  White  married  first,  Sophia  Butler  of  Williamsburgh, 
1814,  and  had  Clarissa,  born  Oct.  11,  1815,  music    teacher,   resided 


202  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

in  Chicago,  died  in  Kenosha,  Wis.,  Oct.  15,  1876  ;  William,  born 
Aug.  7,  18 19,  merchant  in  Manchester,  N.  H,,  married  Emeline  R. 
Allen,  1843  j  Julia  M.,  born  Dec.  28,  1820,  married  C.  C.  Dresser, 
died  June  26,  1877  ;  Henry,  born  March  15,  1823,  married  Merilla, 
daughter  of  Isaac  King,  died  March  15,  1872  ;  Benjamin  F.,  born 
Oct.  12,  1825,  was  in  business  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  afterwards 
in  Ogdensburgh,  N.  Y.,  died  Sept.  27,  1873,  leaving  one  daughter. 

William  and  Emeline  (Allen)  White  had  Lizzie,  born  in  Goshen, 
April  2  1,  1846,  and  Mary,  born  in  Manchester,  July  i,  1854. 

Mrs.  Sophia,  wife  of  Benjamin  White,  Sen.,  died  April  9,  1833, 
aged  41  years,  and  he  married,  second,  Mrs.  Aurelia  Bardvvell, 
widow  of  Samuel  Naramore.     She  died  Aug.  ir,  1869. 

Benjamin  White,  Esq.,  was  so  connected  with  nearly  every  phase 
of  public  business  in  the  town,  parish  and  church,  that  a  history  of 
either  refiects  more  or  less  of  his  hisioiy.  He  was  equal  to  the 
duties  of  ap.y  and  every  position  to  which  he  was  called.  He  was 
not  ambitious  for  office.  Modest  and  unassuminjj,  his  abilities  were 
far  in  advance  of  his  aspirations.  He  filled  the  office  of  Town  Cletk, 
with  rare  ability,  for  a  long  period  ;  was  the  principal  Justice  of  thie 
Peace  for  many  years  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  and  also 
of  the  Convention  for  revising  the  Constitution  ;  and  was  for  one  or 
more  terms  one  of  the  Special  County  Commissioners  for  Hamp- 
shire County.  He  was  pre-eminently  a  man  of  peace.  He  depre- 
cated personal  jealousies  and  neighborhood  and  town  quarrels,  and 
chose  to  incur  the  displeasure  of  the  contending  parties,  rather  than 
to  aid  either  in  keeping  up  strife.  Yet  he  was  sensitive  to  criticism,, 
but  no  amount  of  contumely  or  opposition  could  turn  him  from  what 
he  believed  to  be  the  right  course.  He  was  a  true  gentleman,  pure- 
minded  as  a  woman,  thoroughly  honest,  and  a  sincere  christian. 
He  died  Jan.  25,  1873,  aged  85  years. 

William  White,  son  of  Benjamin,  was  for  many  years  a  prominent 
dry  goods  merchant  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  where  he  is  hiighly 
esteemed  for  his  integrity  and  for  his  generous  devotion  to  the  inter- 
ests of  his  customers.  Goshen  has  not  produced  a  more  obliging 
friend  or  genial  companion  than  he. 

Rev.  Joel  Wright  was  born  in  Milford,  N.  H.,  Jan.  26,  1784., 
Educated  at  Dartmouth   College,   he    lOok   high  rank   as    a   scholar,. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  203 

and  also  for  a  deep  and  ardent  devotion  to  the  cause  of  Christ.  His 
theological  studies  were  under  the  direction  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Payson, 
of  Rindge,  N.  H.  A^ter  his  ordination,  he  was  first  settled  in  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  at  Leverett,  Mass,  From  that  place  he  was  called 
to  the  pastorate  of  the  church  and  society  in  Goshen,  where,  for  about 
eight  years,  the  work  of  the  Lord  prospered  in  his  hands  ;  many 
being  brought  to  a  love  and  acknowledgment  of  the  truth,  as  well 
by  the  private,  godly  walk  and  conversation  of  the  man,  as  by  the 
public  ministrations  of  tiie  pastor. 

Subsequently  Mr.  Wright  was  called  to  a  parish  in  Vermont  ;  but, 
after  a  few  years  of  labors  there,  the  climate  of  the  Green  Mountains 
being  too  severe  for  his  health,  never  very  robust,  he  removed  to  New 
Hampshire.  ]'ut,  after  some  six  years  residence  in  that  State,  fail- 
ing health  and  other  circumstances  iiiduced  him  to  return  to  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  coniiiuied  to  reside  until  the  8th  of  June,  1859  ; 
when,  with  ardenu  loiii^inj^s  for  the  r.  st  which  remaineth  for  the  peo- 
ple of  God,  he  went  home  to  the  Father's  house  on  high. 

Air.  Wright  was  eniinenily  a  man  of  God.  Whether  in  the  retire- 
ment of  his  study  or  ministering  to  and  among  his  peiple,  the  chief 
consideration  was,  how  he  could  best  promote  the  spiritual  welfare  of 
those  over  whom  the  Holy  Ghost  harl  made  him  overseer.  To  tiie 
visitation  of  his  people  in  their  homes,  or  to  the  sanctuary,  where  he 
met  them  to  dispense  the  words  of  Life,  he  always  went  from  his 
closet,  where  he  had  sought  for  wisdom  and  grace  for  the  work 
befote  him.  In  his  preaching,  as  well  as  in  the  preparation  of  ser- 
mons, he  sought  not  so  much  to  please  the  fancy  of  his  hearers,  as 
to  place  before  them  the  sublime  truths  of  the  Gospel  in  such  plain 
and  simple,  yet  eloquent  forms,  as  to  win  their  hearts  to  the  love  and 
obedience  of  Christ. 

And  his  daily  life  was  consistent  with  his  preaching.  Always  fore- 
most in  every  good  cause,  he  not  only  pointed  souls  to  Heaven,  but 
himself  led  the  way.  During  a  ministry  of  almost  one-third  of  a  cen- 
tury, that  portion  of  it  passed  at  Goshen  was,  to  Mr.  Wright,  the 
most  satisfactory  in  the  retrospect,  both  in  his  relations  with  the  peo- 
ple and  the  fruits  of  his  labors.  The  ties  of  friendship  and  christian 
fellowship  there  formed,  were  kept  fresh,  either  by  correspondence 
or  personal  intercourse  with  members  of  that  parish  down  to  the 
closing  up  of  eafthly  relations  by  the  hand  of  death.  The  families  of 
the  Lymans,  Billings,  Packards,  Stones,  and  others  which  might  be 


204  HISTORY    or    GOSHEIS^. 

named,  were  among  the  cherished  ones  in  memory.     But  these  con- 
temporaries of  his  work  have,  like  him,  passed  within   the  veil  ;  and, 
as  it  is  humbly  hoped,  are  now  reunited  in  the  presence  of  Him  whom 
they  so  faithfully  served  together,   in  time  ;    even  Jesus,  their  Re- 
deemer and  Saviour. 

Of  the  children  of  Rev.  Mr.  Wright  who  survived  him,  the  eldest 
son,  Rev.  D.  Grosvenor  Wright,  D.  D.,  is  a  clergyman  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  church,  and  resides  in  the  state  of  New  York.  An- 
other son,  T.  Spencer  Wright,  M.  D.,  is  a  prominent  physician  and 
surgeon,  at  Fond-du-Lac,  Wisconsin.  The  eldest  daughter,  who  was 
born  im  Goshen,  is  the  accomplished  wife  of  Dr.  A.  L.  Hoyt,  also 
residing  in  Fond  du-Lac.  One  of  the  grandsons  of  Rev.  Mr.  Wright, 
J.  W.  Wright,  M.  D.,  is  Professor  of  Surgery  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  "University  of  New  York  City." 

Rev.  J.  E.  M.  Wright,  present  pastor  of  the  church,  is  a  lineal  de- 
scendant, in  the  seventh  generation,  of  Thomas  Cushman,  the  succes- 
sor of  Brewster  in  the  eldership  at  PlymDuth.  He  was  the  only  son 
of  Robert  Cushman,  whom  Gov.  Bradford  was  wont  to  call  the  "Right 
hand  of  the  Pilgrims,"  and  of  Mary  Allerton,  the  daughter  of  Isaac 
Allerton,  the  youngest  passenger  in  the  Mayflower.  She  died  at  the 
age  of  90  years,  the  last  survivor  of  the  Pilgrim  band. 

His  mother  was  Wealthy,  daughter  of  Caleb  Cushman  of  Goshen. 
She  married  Jonathan  Wright  of  Northampton,  in  1799.  He  is  the 
youngest  of  their  nine  children,  and  was  born  in  Jackson,  Maine,  June 
23,  1822. 

From  his  earliest  years  he  had  a  great  desire  for  a  collegiate  edu- 
cation ;  and  ever  after  he  became  personally  interested  in  religion 
felt  that  no  other  profession  or  occupation  but  the  ministry  would 
satisfy  him.  Circumstances  prevented  the  fulfilment  of  his  cherisiied 
wish  for  a  liberal  education  ;  the  lack  of  which,  he  tried  to  supply  as 
far  as  possible  by  spending  all  the  time  he  could  command  in  study- 
ing, both  alone  and  with  private  tutors,  such  branches  as  would  es- 
pecially fit  him  for  the  work  of  the  ministry.  After  some  ten  years' 
experience  in  leaching  and  preparatory  study,  he  entered  the  Bangor 
Theological  Seminary  in  1849,  ^"^  graduated  in  1852, 

That  same  autumn  he  entered  upon  missionary  work  in  Penobscot 
Co.,  Maine,  having  been  previously  married  to  Miss  Evelina  Gilbert 
of  Gorham,  Maine.     He  was  ordained  as  an  Evangelist,  at  Burling- 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  205 

ton,  Maine,  Oct.  25,  1852.  Here  he  labored  with  much  pleasure  and 
a  reasonable  degree  of  success,  for  about  four  years  and  a  half,  when 
he  accepted  a  call  to  become  the  pastor  of  a  newly  organized  church 
in  Rockport,  Maine.  This  was  a  rapidly  growing  village,  with  many 
young,  enterprising,  public-spirited  men.  Having  had  much  experi- 
ence in  dealing  with  all  classes  of  men,  he  applied  himself  very 
closely  to  study,  and  now  entered  upon  his  work  as  a  settled  pastor 
full  of  hope  and  enthusiasm.  Here  he  hoped  to  spend  his  days  and 
see  a  large  church  grow  up  under  his  care  and  God's  blessing.  But 
after  several  years  of  prosperity,  the  war  clouds  began  to  gather,  and 
at  length  the  Rebtjllion  burst  forth.  From  the  first  he  felt  called 
upon  to  do  something  for  the  union  cause.  With  this  feeling  grow- 
ing deeper  and  stronger  he  enlisted  as  a  private,  in  Dec,  1863.  As 
a  consequence  of  this,  in  part  at  least,  about  thirty  others  enlisted  in 
h  is  village  that  same  week  ;  many  of  whom  distinguished  themselves 
by  effective  work  in  putting  down  tiie  Rebellion.  But  he  was 
rejtrcted  for  physical  disability,  having  just  then  some  temporary 
inflammation  of  the  lungs.  All  these  facts  soon  found  their  way  into 
the  local  papers,  and  through  them  to  the  state  regiments  at  the 
front,  and  without  any  agency  of  his,  resulted  in  his  appointment  as 
Chaplain  of  the  8lh  Regimenr,  Maine  Volunteers.  He  was  commis- 
sioned by  the  Governor,  and  mustered  into  the  United  States  service, 
March  I,  1864,  at  Beaufort,  S.  C.  He  served  in  that  capacity  till  the 
close  of  the  war,  being  soon  transferred  to  Virginia  and  sent  to  the 
front,  participating  i/i  every  skirmish,  fight  and  battle,  in  which  the 
regiment  was  engaged,  except  one,  including  the  battle  of  Cold  Har- 
bor, the  siege  of  Petersburg  and  the  surrender  of  Gen.  Lee  at 
Appomattox. 

After  several  months  spent  in  Richmond,  Va.,  he  received  a  call 
to  become  the  acting  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Orleans, 
Barnstable  Co.,  Mass.  Here  he  began  his  work  in  Nov.,  1865,  not 
giving  himself  any  time  to  rest  after  the  constant  excitement  and 
taxation  of  army  life.  He  had  had  several  attacks  of  intermittent 
fever  in  the  army  without  leaving  his  regiment.  Soon  after  resum- 
ing his  pastoral  duties,  he  found  his  strength  giving  way.  Sickness 
and  death  repeatedly  visited  his  family  he  also  met  with  a  severe 
injury.  All  these  causes  combining,  at  length  he  was  prostrated  by 
disease  and  brought  close  to  death's  door.  A  merciful  Provi- 
dence raised  him  up  in  a  measure,  but  finding  his  labors  too  great 


206  HISTORY    OF  GOSHEISr. 

lor  h  is  strength,  he  resigned  Iiis  ciiarge  and  gave  himself  up  to  rest, 
for  four  years  and  a  half  with  a  people  whose  Christian  kindness 
could  not  be  excelled.  He  was  next  installed  pastor  of  the.  Congre- 
gational Church  in  Upton,  Worcester  Cc,,  wheie  he  labored  about 
four  years  and  a  half,  and  then  removed  to  Needham,  where  he  re- 
mained a  little  more  than  five  years,  laboring  with  great  joy,  and  a 
good  degree  of  encouragement  and  success.  But  in  all  these  places, 
since  his  return  from  the  war,  he  has  worked  in  much  weakness  and 
several  times  has  been  brought  to  the  brink  of  the  grave.  In  all  his 
fields  of  labor.  God  has  blessed  his  efforts  with  frequent  conversions 
and  additions  to  the  churches,  and  in  all,  except  Orleans,  with  special 
revivals  of  religion,  including  the  army.  At  Orleans,  it  was  his  priv- 
ilege to  garner  and  care  for  the  ripened  sheaves  reaped  by  another. 
Last  December  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  old  church  in 
Goshen  with  which  his  godly  mother  connected  herself  in  the  fresh- 
ness and  hope  of  early  life.  "  To  her,  under  God,"  he  says,  "  I  owe 
more  than  I  have  power  to  express.  She  consecrated  me  to  the  work 
of  the  ministry  from  my  infancy ;  trained  me  in  the  nurture  and 
admonition  of  the  Lord,  and  instructed  me  in  the  great  truths  and 
corresponding  duties  of  our  ho!y  religion  in  my  youth  ;  dying  sud- 
denly, with  all  the  members  of  the  family  present  except  myself,  she 
left  me  this  message,  '  Study  to  know  what  duty  is  and  then  do  it.' 
This  I  have  ever  tried  to  make  the  rule  of  my  life." 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  20( 


SUPPLEMENTARY. 
ADDITIOISTS   AND   COE.RECTIOlSrS 


It  should  be  said  by  way  of  explauation  in  regard  to  the  family  sketches  that  the  original 
plan  of  the  writer  was  to  give  sketches  rather  than  genealogies,  but  as  the  work  and  printing 
progressed,  the  plan  was  somewhat  changed,  and  the  details  were  more  extended.  The 
lists  of  births,  deaths  and  marriages  that  follow  the  sketches,  will  supply  to  some  extent 
the  lack  of  these  particulai's  in  the  sketches. 

Joshua  Abell,  Jr.,  married,  second,  Polly ,  who  died  Nov.  14, 

1846,  aged  84. 

Children  of  Abner  and  Lois  Baker  :  Waters,  born  July  27,  1796; 
Artr;mas,  bom  Sept.  5,  1798  ;  Theodore,  born  April  26,  1801  ; 
Nahum,  born  Feb.  28,  1803.     This  family  removed  to  the  West. 

Daniel  Beals  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  David  Stearns,  and 
had  :  Ellas,  who  married  Polly  Bates,  1832  ;  John,  married  Rosina 
Bates;  David,  married  Climena  Bates,  Jan.  11,  1827.  David  had 
Laura,  who  married  Chester  M.  Fuller,  1847.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fuller 
had  EUeon  Adella,  born  June  28,  1852. 

Gershom  Bates  was  son  of  Nehemiah.  Ger.^hom  had  several 
brothers,  Nehemiah,  Asa  and  Levi  of  Cummington;  Solomon  of  Ches- 
terfield, father  of  Hudson  ;  Ephraim,  of  Piainfield  ;  Jacob,  of  Ver- 
mont ;  Eliab,  of  New  York. 

Luther  Bates,  son  of  Gershom,  married  Lucinda  Hersey  in  1835, 
and  about  twenty  years  later  removed  to  Heath. 

Dexter  Beals,  grandson  of  the  "  Mountain  Miller,"  married  Julia, 
daughter  of  Wiilard  Packard,  and  had  Pamelia,  born  April  3,  1831^ 


208  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

married  John  Kinne}',  Jan.  29,  1852  ;  Joseph,  born  Sept.  2,  1832  j 
Malesta  P.,  born  March  10,  1834,  dUd  Oct.  22,  1843  >  Elizabeth  A., 
born  Sept.  3,  1835  j  L'-ither  H. ;  Julia  B.  ;  Emcline  F.,  born  July  29, 
1842;  Malesta  G.,  born  Feb.  22,  1844;  Mary  Arabella,  born  July 
15,  1846  :  Harriet  C,  born  April  3,  1848  ;  Dexter  J.,  Aug.  28,  1850; 
Abbie  A.,  born  July  6,  1852;  Homan,  born  Dej.  18,  1854.  Mr. 
Beals  removed  to  Wisconsin,  Dec,  1856,  and  after  a  residence  of  a 
few  years  returned  to  this  State,  and  now  lives  in  Easthampton. 
During  his  residence  in  Goshen,  Mr.  Beals  was  engaged  for  several 
years  in  the  business  of  selling  and  setting  out  shade  trees.  He  was 
a  pioneer  "Village  Improvement  Society,"  and  probably  set  out  more 
maple  and  other  shade  trees  in  the  Connei;ticut  valley  than  any  man 
of  his  lime. 

Joseph  Beals  married  Martha  Rogers,  Oct.  28,  1853.  Children: 
Julia  E.,  born  May  17,  1870;  Eleanor  L.,  born  Aug.  16,  1871; 
Joseph  D.,  born  June  13,  1875. 

Lutlier  H.,  is  a  manufacturer  in  Weslfield.  Homan  is  in  business 
in  New  York. 

George  Barrus  (page  140),  died  May  15,  1868,  not  1869.  Levi 
Barrus  married  second,  Elvira  (Warner)  Allis,  Feb.  22,  i8c;4,  and  had 
a  son,  born  Jan.  3,  died  Jan.  23,   1856. 

Alvan  Barrus  (page  141),  was  born  in  1831,  not  1841.  He  received 
his  first  commission  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  1867. 

Patience  Barrows  married,  3d,  Salah  Clark,  Esq.  (page  140). 

M.  Huldah  should  read  married  Huldah. 

David  Carpenter  came  to  Goshen,  in  1806,  with  Ezra  his  father, 
from  Savoy,  where  they  had  lived  about  twelve  years.  David  was 
born  in  Attleboro,  his  father  in  Rehoboth. 

Ezra  Brackett  came  to  this  town  in  1839,  fi'Ofi^  Hawley,  and  after 
a  residence  of  about  twenty  years  removed  to  Worthington  with  his 
son  Ezra.  His  wife  died  there,  and  he  has  since  returned  to  this 
town  and  resides  with  Henry  T.  Godfrey,  who  married  his  daughter 
Susannah.  Another  daughter,  Hannah  C,  married  Anson  W.  God- 
frey, May  16,  1840;  Ruth  married  Newman  Bartlett,  June  29,  1848  • 
Olive  married  Wm.  Porter,  June  22,  1858;  Ellen  married  Heman 
White,  Jan.  17,  i860. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  20^ 

Rev.  RalpU  Cushman,  after  leaving  college,  taught  the  Academy  in 
Belfast,  Me.  One  of  his  pupils  was  the  late  Hon.  George  W.  Crosby, 
Member  of  Congress  and  Governor  of  Maine.  He  always  remem- 
bered his  early  teacher,  and  often  spoke  of  the  loveliness  of  his  char- 
acter and  h.is  remarkable  talent  as  a  singer.  In  a  irajsical  history  of 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Mr.  Cushman  was  ranked  as  one  of 
the  best  tiiree  singers  that  ever  graduated  from  that  institution.  His 
nephew,  Rev.  J.  E.  M.  Wright,  gives  the  date  of  his  death  August 
II,  which  differs  from  the  record  quoted  on  page  58. 

It  was  said  of  him,  "  His  sickness  and  death  were,  like  his  life,  a 
bright  example  of  Christian  meekness,  patience  and  holy  confidence 
in  his  Divine  Master."  Another  said,  "  In  the  trying  situation  he 
was  called  to  occupy,  he  never  was  thrown  off  his  balance."  An- 
other, "  I  do  believe  that  he  had  more  of  the  mind  of  Christ  than 
any  man  with  whom  I  have  been  acquainted." 

The  musical  talent  of  the  Cushman  family  was  of  rare  excellence, 
and  is  a  prominent  trait  in  many  of  their  descendants.  C.  C.  Dresser, 
son  of  Vesta  Cushman,  owned  a  church  organ,  and  was  a  skillful 
performer  on  that  and  other  instruments.  He  used  his  organ  in  the 
church  for  many  years  as  an  aid  and  accompaniment  to  the  choir. 
Wealthy  Cushman,  the  mother  of  the  present  pastor,  was  a  fine  singer 
and  read  music  very  readily.  She  obtained  her  musical  education 
in  the  singing  schools  of  this  town.  Her  means  of  conveyance  was 
on  horseback,  seated  upon  a  pillion  behind  her  brother  Rufus. 

Note. — While  writing  the  above  lines,  a  member  of  the  writer's  family  read  the  fol- 
lowing startling  announcement  from  the  Boston  Evening  Traveller  ot  Aprilll  : 

"Joseph  HaAvkes,  the  well-known  keeper  of  the  Goshen  (Mass.)  Highland  House,  known 
throughout  Hampshire  Count}-,  dropped  dead  while  walking  up  the  aisle  of  the  church  of 
that  town  on  Sunday." 

A  later  account  states  that  he  was  in  his  accustomed  place  at  the  head  of  the  choir  Sunday 
morning,  April  10.  He  walked  over  from  his  house  in  the  afternoon  in  companj'  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Mr.  Hiram  Packard.  They  parted  in  the  vestibule,  Mr.  Packard  entering 
the  audience  room,  Mr.  Hawks  ascending  the  north  stairway  leading  to  the  choir.  Proba- 
bly feeling  unwell,  after  passing  up  one' or  two  steps,  he  seemed  to  have  turned  to  go  down, 
when  he  fell  to  the  floor,  and  immediately  ceased  to  breathe.  The  cause  of  death  was 
doubtless  disease  of  the  heart. 

Major  Hawks  was  a  man  of  many  excellent  traits  of  character,  whole-souled,  sympathetic 
and  generous.  He  filled  for  a  long  period  a  large  place  in  the  community.  He  had  been 
postmaster  of  the  town  for  about  twenty-five  years,  and  keeper  of  the  hotel  for  about  the 
same  length  of  time.  His  connection  with  the  choir  was  almost  Avithout  parall  1.  For  about 
fifty-seven  years  his  connection  with  it  has  been  continuous,  and  for  nearly  the  whole  time 
he  has  served  as  one  of  its  leaders.    He  possessed  a  voice  of  remai'kable  powor  and  sweet 


210  HISTORY   OF   GOSHEN. 

Albert  B.  Dresser  furnishes  the  following  items  :  "When  my 
grandfather,  Moses  Dresser,  was  a  boy,  he  helped  drive  a  drove  of 
cattle  to  Boston.  During  his  journey  he  saw  a  bass-viol,  the  first  he 
had  ever  seen.  He  examined  it  closely,  and  after  his  return  home 
set  about  making  one  for  himself.  Fearing  that  his  father  might 
think  it  a  waste  of  time  and  material,  he  worked  out  of  sight  of  the 
house,  and  on  a  large  flat  rock  completed  the  instrument.  It  proved 
to  be  a  good  one,  and  is  now  in  possession  of  his  son  Levi,  of  Russell, 
N.Y. 

''One  of  Burgoyne's  men,  a  Hessian,  settled  near  the  Simeon  Cowles 
place.     His  shanty  finally  burned  down  and  he  left  the  place. 

"I  have  a  bear  trap  that  was  made  by  Seth  Pomeroy  before  the 
Revolutionary  war.  His  initials,  '  S.  P.,'  are  still  visible  upon  it. 
I  have  also  the  stone  that  Dea.  Oliver  Taylor  used  in  his  tannery  in 
sharpening  his  currier's  knife.  It  still  bears  the  marks  of  the  knife, 
though  it  has  been  cut  down  to  a  size  that  permits  its  use  in  the 
hayfield." 

Children  of  Caleb  C.  and  Julia  M.  Dresser  :  Sophia  B.,  born 
March  30,  1846  ;  Albert  B.,  born  March  5,  1848  ;  Helen  M.,  born 
June  19,  1850;  Edward,  born  Sept.  14,  1852,  died  Aug.  7,  1854; 
Charles,  born  June  2,  1856,  died  Jan.  24,  1859  ;  Martha,  born  Feb. 
16,  1859;  Laura  M.,  born  July  8,  1862  ;  Hattie,  born  July  23,  1864. 
(Correction. — Albert  B.  and  his  three  younger  sisters  reside  on  the 
Capt.  Reuben  Dresser  homestead.) 

Sophia  B.,  daughter  of  Caleb  C.  Dresser,  married  E.  P.  Bridgman 
(not  Joseph  C,  page  145,)  member  of  the  37th  Regiment  of  Massa- 
chusetts Volunteers,  the  well-known  army  correspondent — "E.  P.  B." 
— of  the  Hampshire  Gazette.  Miss  Dresser,  previous  to  her  marriage, 
was  engaged  for  some  time  in  teaching  a  government  school  at  the 
Indian  agency  under  Maj.  Joseph  Bridgman,  cousin  of  "E.  P.  B." 
Miss  Dresser,  inheriting  the  Cushman  musical  talent,  was  a  leading 
member  of  one  of  the  church  choirs  in  Westfield  for  quite  a  period 
before  going  west. 

Children  of  George  and  Alvey  Dresser:  Henry  B.,  born  Dec.  17, 
1849  ;  George  C,  born  Feb.  18,  1852  ;  Vesta  C,  born  Sept.  8,  1854. 

iiess,  tliat,  so  far  as  the  writer  knows,  was  never  heard  in  a  song  that  was  not  proper  to  be 
fiung  in  the  house  of  worship.  He  died  at  the  post  of  duty,  and  will  be  missed  and  remem- 
bered for  many  years. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  211 

Abner  Damon  (page  144),  married  Lovisa,  not  Louisa.  His  daugh- 
ter Lovisa  married  Oman  Bartlett.  Abner,  Jr.,  married  Miranda, 
daughter  of  Solomon  Bates. 

Incidents  Belated  hy  Capt.  John  Grant  in  1854. 

Ebenezer  Parsons,  father  of  Justin,  died  of  small  pox  in  1777,  in 
the  house  where  J.  Milton  Smith  lives.  Mrs.  Chapin,  daughter  of 
William  Hallock,  died  of  the  same  disease. 

Col.  Ezra  May  was  at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne.  He  took  a  violent 
cold,  did  not  immediately  return  home,  but  never  recovered  from  it. 
He,  as  Major,  and  Christopher  Banister  as  Captain,  Asa  Grant  and 

Harris  of  this  town    as   private  soldiei*s,  went  down  towards 

New  York  with  others,  to  watch  the  movements  of  Howe's  army. 

Rev.  Dr.  Lyman  of  Hatfield,  an  earnest  Whig,  was  preaching  in 
Williamsburgh  on  the  Sabbath  morning  when  word  came  that  men 
were  wanted  at  Bennington.  He  went  home  after  the  service,  prom- 
ising to  join  such  as  would  go  to  Bennington  the  next  morning.  He 
was  as  good  as  his  word,  and  was  promptly  on  hand,  armed  and 
equipped  for  active  service. 

Rev.  Dr.  Parsons  of  Amherst  was  considered  a  Tory.  He  told 
Dr.  Lyman  that  he  dreamed  of  seeing  a  large  bull  fighting  a  small 
one  at  Hockanum — near  Mt.  Hclyoke — and  the  small  one  conquered 
the  other.  "Very  good,"  replied  Dr.  Lyman,  "Very  good,  sir.  I 
can  interpret  that"  dream  :  John  Bull  and  the  Yankees  ;  and  John 
Bull  is  going  to  get  whipped.  But  I  do  not  understand  why  the 
Lord  should  reveal  anything  to  a  tory." 

Asa  Grant,  father  of  Capt.  John,  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war.  He  was  under  Col.  Williams,  the  founder  of  Williams 
College.  The  Colonel  made  his  will  in  Albany  as  they  were  going 
up  to  Fort  Edward.  While  Grant  and  his  comrades  were  building  a 
breastwork.  Colonel  Williams  went  forward  to  meet  the  French  and 
Indians  and  was  killed. 

Old  Mr.  James  Packard  had  nine  slaves  fall  to  him  by  way  of  his 
wife.  He  had  them  sent  here,  and  made  arrangements  for  disposing 
of  them  to  different  parties.  Squire  Snell  of  Cummington  was  to 
have  two,  but  before  they  were  distributed,  slavery  in  Massachusetts 
came  to  an  end,  and  the  negroes  became  their  own  masters. 

Julia  Hawks,  the  teacher,  married  M.  Bertrand  Gardel,  not  Henry, 


212  HISTORY  or  goshe:n^. 

as  given  on  page  147.      She  died  while  in  the  East,   Feb.   28,    1859, 
in  a  tent  about  a  half  day's  journey  from  Damascus. 

George  S.  Hunt,  of  Northampton,  son  of  Lowell,  married  Fannie 
Stickney  of  Greenfield,  June  14,  1866.  Children:  Alfred  S.  ;  Willie 
A.  ;  Charles  L.  ;  Frank  H. 

The  following  interesting  account  of  the  early  James  families, 
which  will  correct  some  errors  in  the  previous  pages,  was  received 
from  Luther  James,  Esq.,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  too  late  for  insertion 
in  its  proper  place.  Mr.  James  has  heretofore  shown  in  practical 
ways  his  interest  in  his,  native  town.  The  substantial  iron  gate  at 
the  entrance  of  the  cemetery  was  a  donation  from  him. 

John,  Philip  and  Thomas  came  from  England.  Lands  were 
granted  to  Philip  and  Francis  James  in  Cohasset — ^^then  included  in 
Hingham — in  1638. 

John  James^  4th  generation,  married  Deborah  Bates  of  Pembroke, 
Mass. 

Children  :  John,  Jr.,  born  1744  ;  Deborah,  born  March  23,  1746  ; 
Francis  of  Boston,  born  May  13,  1749  ;  Enoch  of  Boston,  born  Aug. 
24,  175 1  ;  Sarah,  born  Sept.  13, 1755,  married  Job  Turner  of  Boston  ; 
Thomas,  born  July  11,  1758,  removed  from  Cohasset  to  Chesterfield, 
1770,  and  married  Susannah  Collier.  She  was  born  in  Scituate, 
April  19,  1756,  and  died  Nov.  4,  1820.  Thomas  James  died  in 
Westhampton,  March  i,  1834. 

John  James,  Jr.,  born  1744,  married  Lois  Beals  of  Cohasset,  April 
4,  1765.     She  was  born  July  20,  1746. 

Children  :  Moses,  born  Oct.  23,  1766,  married  Rebecca  Ripley, 
Jan.  13,  1785  ;  Malachi,  born  July  9,  1767,  married  Elizabeth 
Lyman,  Feb.  18,  1790  ;  Lois,  born  May  29,  1769,  married  Josiah 
Beals,  Oct.  i,  1789  ;  Betsey,  born  March  17,  17 71,  married  Amherst 
Harvvood,  June  20,  1793  ;  Sallie  born  July  25,  1773,  married  Caleb 
Damon,  Nov.  21,  1795  ;  Deborah,  born  Jan.  6,  1777,  married  Benj,. 
Pierce,  June  26,  1799  ;  Ruth,  born  Nov.  27,  1778,  died  May  24,  1781. 

John  James,  Jr.,  removed  to  Goshen  in  1769  ;  died  July  11,  1804. 
His  wife,  Lois,  died  Oct.  5,  1810. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Capt.  Malachi  James,  died  July  9,  1856 ; 
Lyman,  son  of  Capt.  James,  bor,i  March  25,  1825,  died  Dec.  16, 
1830  ;  Sophia,  died  at  Chelsea,  Mich.,  Jan.  16,  1879,  aged  87  ;  Clar- 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEX 


213 


issa,  died  Aug.  15,  1876  ;  Maria,  ^married  May  31,  1855,  died  in 
Ashfield,  Oct.  15,  1876  ;  Lewis  L.,  married  Jan.  25,  1832,  died  in 
Dexter,  Mich.,  Aug.  17,  1880.  Enocli  James  married  A.  R.  Dwight 
of  Belchertown,  Jan.  18,  1825. 

John  James,  Jr.,  and  John  Williams  were  partners  in  trade  from 
1779  to  1793.  Their  accounts  were  kept  in  pounds,  shillings  and 
pence.  Their  store  was  the  only  one  in  the  vicinity  for  several 
years.  The  goods  were  brought  from  Boston  with  ox  teams.  The 
old  store  was  taken  down  in  1876. 

On  the  night  of  Sept.  7,  182 1,  two  large  barns  with  sheds  attached, 
fuU  of  hay,  grain,  flax,  &c.,  belonging  to  Capt.  James,  were  destroyed 
by  fire. 

John  James,  Sen.,  built  the  fi  st  church  in  Cohasset,  probably 
pbout  1747.  It  was  reported  at  a  parish  meeting  in  1750  that  the 
meeting  house  had  been  completed  at  a  cost  of  four  thousand 
pounds.  This  church  is  si "11  standing.  The  o'd  family  homestead 
in  Cohasset,  built  over  200  yea»s  ago,  is  still  in  good  condition. 
The  limbers  are  cedav,  and  additions  have  been  made  to  the  original 
house. 

F.  W.  Lyman,  writing  from  his  Floi  Ida  residence,  in  Spring  Gar- 
den Centre,  Volusia  Co.,  under  date  of  March  5,  1881,  expresses  his 
"appreciation  of  the  labor  of  rescuing  from  oblivion  the  'short  and 
simple  annals  of  the  poor.'  Good  blood,"  he  writes,  "  went  up  to 
the  hill  towns.  No  doubt  some  '  rude  inglovious  Miltons' there  may 
rest  ;'  *  some  CromwelJs  guiltless  of  their  country's  blood.'  Religion 
and  pa.  ioilsm  struck  their  roots  deep  in  the  lugged  soil,  and  if  corn 
and  cattle  were  less  luxuriant,  men  and  women,  in  the  best  English 
sense,  grew  there." 

"My  great  grandmother,  on  the  Lyman  side,  was  Thankful  Pome- 
roy,  S'Ster  of  Gen.  Seth ;  and  on  the  Smith  side,  my  grandmother  was 
a  friend  and  neighbor  of  Gen.  Putnam.  My  grandfather  Lyman  was 
a  lieutenant  on  the  side  of  the  government  in  the  fi  ght  at  Springfield, 

[Note  by  the  Compiler.— Mr.  Enoch  James,  with  his  brother,  Lewis  L.,  was  largely  en- 
gaged in  Williamsburgh,  for  many  years  in  mercantile  and  manufacturing  pursuits.  The 
store  and  manufacturing  are  sail  continued  by  Henry  L.  and  L.  D.  Jamc3,  sons  of  Enoch, 
who  seem  to  retain  the  business  tact  and  enterprise  that  have  been  for  so  long  a  period, 
conspicuous  in  the  James  family.] 


214  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEIST. 

during  the  Shay's  insurrection.     He  took,  in  a  two  horse  sleigh,  a 
squad  of  his  men,  of  whom  one  Walker  was  shot  in  the  sleigh."  *     * 

From  sources  entitled  to  confidence,  it  appears  that  Rev.  Justin 
Parsons  had  a  larger  family  of  children  than  have  been  named  in  the 
previous  pages.     The  following  list  probably  includes  them  all : 

Lucretia,  baptised  1789,  who  married  Rev.  Daniel  O.  Morton,  and 
resided  in  Shoreham,  Vt.  ;  Asahel,  baptised  Sept.  5,  1790;  Levi^ 
born  1792,  missionary  to  Palestine;  Luther,  baptised  Feb.  21,  1795  ; 
Calvin,  baptised  May  6,  1798;  Electa,  baptised  July  20,  1800; 
Electa,  baptised  Aug.  5,  1804.  Mrs.  Mary  P.  Webster  writes  :  "Ira 
Parsons  married  a  Miss  Bardwell,  sister  of  the  wife  of  Dea.  Asahel 
Billings." 

Benjamin  Parsons,  Jr.,  resided  and  practiced  law  for  some  years, 
in  Chesterfield.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Hampshire  Musical  Society 
in  1801,  and  in  1805-8  represented  the  town  in  the  Legislature. 

Dea.  Oliver  Taylor  kept  a  daily  record  of  the  weather  from  1796 
till  1827.  His  grandson,  Mr.  Emmons  Putney,  continued  it  from 
that  time  onward,  and  has  the  whole  now  (188 1)  in  his  possession. 
The  house  of  Mr.  Putney  was  the  residence  of  Rev.  Mr.  Whitman 
and  family,  for  nearly  forty  years.  The  chimney  was  built  of  brick 
made  by  Deacon  Brown,  of  clay,  taken  from  the  bed  of  the  reservoir. 
Mr.  Putney  has  an  old-fashioned  eight  day  clock,  made  by  Isaac  Gere. 
It  is  claimed  it  has  been  know^n  to  run  for  a  year  without  varying 
from  true  time.  Mr.  Putney  and  others  are  authority  for  the  state- 
ment, that  Capt.  Reuben  Dresser  procured  sufficient  pine  lumber 
from  a  single  tree  on  his  farm,  for  building  his  hgtel  in  the 
village.  The  lumber  from  another  pine  tree  from  the  same  lands,  is 
said  to  have  sold  for  eighty  dollars  in  the  days  when  lumber  was 
cheap.  The  lumber  from  the  original  forest  trees  was  excellent 
in  quality  and  durability.  The  shingles  on  the  north  roof  of  Major 
Stone's  house  lasted  nearly  seventy  years. 

The  following  extracts  from  a  letter  written  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Thomp- 
son in  1861,  in  reference  to  renewing  his  labors  among  the  people  of 
Goshen,  are  worth  preserving,  showing  as  they  do,  the  christian  spirit 
of  the  man  and  his  attachment  to  the  people  of  his  early  minis- 
trations : 

"I  ought  to  have  said  before  that  I  have  no  wish  to  settle  in  any  parish  at  present, 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  •       215 

and  this  on  account  of  my  health.  Should  I  continue  to  be  able  to  labor  for  a  year 
or  two  to  come,  as  I  have  for  the  past  two  or  three  years,  I  might  perhaps  consent 
to  take  a  permanent  charge.  But  for  the  present,  I  am  quite  sure  it  will  be  better, 
both  for  myself  and  for  the  people,  to  whom  I  may  minister,  that  my  relations  to 
them  be  that  of  "stated  supply  " 

"It  is  certainly  very  gratifying  to  receivs  from  the  people  in  Goshen,  such  expres- 
sions of  interest  in  rm,  and  of  favorable  appreciation  of  my  poor  services.  They 
awaken  a  response  in  my  own  bosom,  which  tempts  rne  to  leap  over  other  consid- 
erations and  give  at  once  an  affiimativ^  decision  to  the  ques'lon  b;cD  "e  me. 

"But  I  have  been  a  dull  disciple  in  the  school  of  Christ,  to  have  lived  thus  long 
and  yet  not  learn  that  the  will  of  the  Master,  and  not  our  own  inclination,  must  be 
our  guide.  *  *  *  I  would  not  run  before  being  sent  by  the  Great 

Head  of  the  chu  ch.  If  He  shall  say  go,  most  cheerfully  will  I  once  more  pitch  my 
tent  among  the  friends  and  their  descendants,  and  among  the  sepulchres  of  friends 
of  more  youthful  days,  and  in  the  place  which  to  me  is  so  full  of  interesting  and 
grateful  memories.         *         *        *  Yours  very  cordially, 

J.  C.  Thompson. 

]\Ir.  Thompson  was  ordained  first  pastor  of  the  second  church  in 
Rovve,  Mass.,  Oct.  28,  1835,  dismissed  June  ^9»  1S37,  and  settled  over 
the  Congregational  church  in  Goshen  the  same  year.  He  married 
Lucy  Ann,  daughter  of  Dr.  Chenery  of  Holden. 

Children  :  Jol^n  Chenery,  born  June  14,  1838  ;  Edward  Payson,  born 
March  9,  1840;  I^izzie,  married  C.  J.  Humiston^  and  resides  in 
Holyoke,  Mass. 

Mr.  Thompson  preached  in  Cummington  for  a  year,  and  in  other 
jDlaces,  but  his  health  proving  unequal  to  pastoral  duties,  he  re- 
tired from  the  profession,  and  for  many  years  has  been  in  business 
in  Belvidere,  Illinois. 

Children  of  Daniel  and  Betty  Wyman  :  Daniel,  born  Feb.  3,  1765 
William,  born  Jan.  12,  177 1  ;  Artemas,  born  Dec.   19,  1771  ;  Joseph, 
born  Dec.  26,   1774;  Nahum,  born  Jan.  27,  1777;  John,  born  Oct. 
21,  1780  j  David,  born  Nov.  25,  1782.     The  eldest  two  were  born  in 
Brookfield,  the  others  in  Goshen. 

Rev.  T.  H.  Rood,  foot  of  page  62,  not  J.  H. 

John  Stearns,  page  178,  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Wil- 
liams. 

Yaslitl  Tilton,  page  177,  not  Vasti. 

Ellen  E.  Smith,  page  170,  was  born  1834. 

Cranson,  page  168,  is  usually  written  Cranston. 


216  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

After  Reuben  Smith,  page  71,  No.  44,  insert  J.  Milton  Smith. 

The  date  of  birth  of  Phebe,  daughter  of  Thomas  Weeks,  page  i8o> 
is  given  in  another  record  as  August  31,  1733. 

Col.  Nehemiah  M  ay,  page  154,  died  Sept.  10.  Susannah  May, 
died  June  14. 

F.  C.  Richardson,  page  72,  not  J.  C. 


Marriages  not  P*revioiisly  Inserted. 

James  Halbert  and  Mary  Selden,  Aug.  15,  1781. 

David  Childs  and  Clarissa  Dickenson,  June  17,  1784. 

William  Damon  and  Ruth  Whitcomb,  May  27,  1784! 

Hugh  Thompson  and  Sarah  White,  Feb.  7,  1787. 

Joseph  Thayer  and  Anna  Putney,  Feb.  i   1787. 

Joshua  Abell  and  Dolly  Parsons,  Dec.  12,  1787. 

Nathaniel  Abell  and  Eunice  French,  Dec.  7,  1788. 

James  Whitcomb  and  Nancy  Hunt,  Dec.  18,  1790. 

Stephen  Grover  and  Margaret  Eeman,  Feb.  24,  1793. 

Ebenezer  Bird  and  Widow  Molly  White,  Jan.  23,  1794. 

Benjamin  Wait  and  Polly  Mott,  June  2,  1794. 

Silas  Blake  and  Parnal  Beswick,  March  20,  1794. 

Joseph  Mott  and  Naomi  Lyons,  April  12,  1792. 

Origen  Orcutt  and  Eunice  Ripley,  March  3,  1796. 

Oliver  Thayer  and  Hannah  Vining,  Jan.  19,  1797. 

John  Snow  and  Anna  Forbes,  Oct.  12,  1797. 

Justin  Parsons  and  Electa  Frary,  Oct.  30,  1788. 

Josiah  Beals  of  Windsor  and  Lois  James,  Oct.  i,  1789. 

Adonijah  Taylor  of  Williamsburgh  and  Zeruiah  Snow,  Nov.  5,  1 789. 

Wm.  Murray  and  Polly  Palmer,  April  13,  1790. 

Jacob  Kilburn  and  Hannah  Alden,  Sept  9,  1790. 

J.  Osgood  and  Sarah  Standish,  Sept.  9,  1790. 

Solomon  Parsons  and  Lucinda  Packard,  Nov.  25,  1790. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSllEX.  217 

Chas.  Beswick,  Jr.,  of  Chesterfield  and  Tvlary  Vinton,  Nov.  25,  1790. 

Jonas  Rich  and  Jennie  Selden,  Nov.  28,  1790. 

Alpheus  Pearse  and  Mary  Hallock,  Feb.  23,  1792. 

Philip  Smith  of  Whateley  and  Rebekah  Tower,  March  7,  1792. 

John  Alden,  2d,  and  Tabitha  McNight,  March  8,  1792. 

Asa  Strong  of  Greenfield  and  Sarah  Putney,  April  26,  1792. 

Versal  Banister  of  Windsor  and  Hannah  Packard,  Feb.  19,  1793. 

Josiah  Hayden,  Jr.,  and  Esther  Hallock,  March  21,  1793. 

Amherst  Harwood  of  Windsor  and  Betsey  James,  June  20,  1793. 

Joshua  Porter  and  Jenna  Luce,  June  27,  1793. 

Nathan  Morgan  of  Pownal  and  Lydia  Orr,  July  4,  1793. 

Joel  Chapin  of  Worthington  and  Ab'gaU  Hallock,  Sept.  26,  1793. 

Daniel  Perkins  of  PI  ainfield  and  Patty  Hallock,  Jan.  29,  1794- 

Ebenezer  Hawkins  of  WiMiamstown  and  Rebekah  Jipson,  Feb. 
16,  1794. 

Wni.  Arms,  Jr.,  of  Deerfield  and  Mercy  Snow,  March  4,  1794. 

Benjamin  Southwick  of  Northampton  and  Elizabeth  Polly,  Feb. 
16,  1795. 

John  Abell  of  Fairfield,  Vt.,  and  Ruth  Grant,  Feb.  18,  1795. 

Elijah  Luce  of  Williamsburgh  and  Mehitabel  Howes,  March 
16,  1793. 

Thomas  Orcutt  and  Sally  Carpenter,  April  23,  1795. 

Joseph  Collins  and  Esther  Fuller,  Aug.  20,  1795. 

Aaron  Putney  and  Deborah  Maynard,  Aug.  29,  1795. 

Alpheus  Darling  and  Lois  K'^Hogg,  Dec.  24,  1795. 

Abner  Brown  and  Susannah  Tower,  Oct.  9,  1796. 

Moses  Shepard  and  Fanny  Allen,  (colored)  Nov.  6,  1796. 

Asa  Bates  and  Jemima  Kingman,  Nov.  17,  1796. 

Daniel  Kellogg,  Jr.,  and  Lucy  Weeks,  Jan.  22,  1797. 

Z^nas  Leiand  of  Ashfield  and  Azubah  Ful'ef  ,  March  16,  1797. 

Marsena  Sanderson  of  Deerfield  and  Zilphah  Fuller,  March 
29,  1797. 

Silas  Paiiick  and  Nabby  Gates,  June  8,  1797. 

Asa  Turner  and  Lydia  Willcutt,  July  2,  1797. 

Abell  Olds  and  Elioner  Billington,  July  6,  1797. 

John  Manter  of  Ashfield  and  Rebekah  Snow,  July  26,  1797. 

Josiah  Hannum  of  Williamsburgh  and  Dolly  Banister,  Feb. 6,  1798. 

Roswell  Stevens  of  New  Hartford  and  Molly  King,  Sept.   2,  1798. 


218  HISTORY    OF  GOSIIEX. 

Benjamin  Pierce,  Jr.,  of  Chesterfield  and  Dolly  James,  June 
26,  1799. 

Lot  Hall  of  Ashfield  and  Sally  Jipson,  July  6,  1799. 

John  C.  Lyman  and  Susannah  Burgess,  Nov.  7,  1799. 

John  Salmon  and  Polly  Putney,  Nov.  21,  1799. 

Matthew  Keith  and  Lucretia  Jipson,  Jan.  30^  1800. 

Asahel  Stoodley  of  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  and  Lydia  Beals,  Jan.  22,  1801. 

Eleazer  Blake  and  Ruth  Beals,  Jan.  22,  1801. 

Joseph  Rhoades,  3d,  and  Esther  Knight,  Jan.  29,  1801. 

David  Wilds  of  Williamsburgh  and  Charlotte  Gustin,  Sept.  10,  1801. 

William  Harrington  and  Hannah  Davidson,  Dec.  17,  1801. 

Dea.  Joseph  Cutler  of  Brookfield  and  Widow  Judith  Brown,  Jan. 
24,  1802. 

Solomon  Bates  of  Chesterfield  and  Nabby  Willcutt,  April  6,  1802. 

Ansel  Amadon  and  Susannah  Parker,  April  29,  1802. 

Doctor  Ellis  Coney  and  Sarah  Grover,  Sept.  26,  1802. 

John  Smith,  Jr.,  and  Hannah  Putney,  Oct.  21,  1802. 

Joseph  Carey,  3d,  of  Williamsburgh  and  Freelove  Fuller,  Jan. 
i3»  1803. 

Gershom  Bates  and  Patty  Parker,  Feb.  3,  1803. 

Willard  Cleaveland  and  Sally  Strong,  March  10,  1803. 

Benjamin  Jones  and  Polly  Jipson,  March  23,  1803. 

Samuel  Snow  and  Temperance  Luce,  Dec.  8,  1803. 

Eleazer  C.  Leonard  of  Worthington  and  Hannah  Salmon,  Jan. 
18,  1804. 

Wm.  H.  Parker  of  Charlemont  and  Nancy  Aldridge,  Jan.  25,  1804. 

Joshua  Abell,  Jr.,  and  Phebe  Cathcart,  March  8,  1804. 

Luke  Keith  of  Cummington  and  Hannah  Willcutt,  April  3,  1804.. 

Joshua  Sansamon  and  Hannah  Dunham,  Sept.  7,  1804. 

John  Glass  of  Peru  and  Phebe  Davis,  Nov.  29,  1804. 

Mitchell  Dawes  of  Cummington  and  Mercy  Burgess,  Jan.  i,  1805. 

Amzi  Childs  of  Deerfield  and  Rhoda  Snow,  Jan.  10,  1805. 

Simeon  Hurd  of  Sandgate,  Vt.,  and  Rebekah  Jones,  Jan.  27,  1805. 

James  King  of  Ashfield  and  Lilly  Willcutt,  April  14,  1805. 

Stockwell  Stearns  of  Worthington  and  Zerviah  Willcutt,  Oct. 
31,  1805. 

Asa  L.  Robinson  and  Persis  Weeks,  Feb.  17  1806. 

Seth  Ford  of  Cummington  and  Parthena  Kingman,  Feb.  20,  1806. 

Rufus  Cushman  and  Theodocia  Stone,  June  12,  i8c6. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  219 

Meriman  Chamber! a  in  and  Polly  Hubbard,  Oct.  2,  1806. 

John  Harris  and  Abigail  Carpenter,  Nov.   27,  1805. 

Chester  Wait  of  Savoy  and  Susannah  Brown,  Nov.  25,  1806. 

Amos  W.  Pool  of    Plainfield  and  Sarah  Abell,  Nov.  27,  1806. 

Reuben  Drerser,  Jr.,  and  Sophia  Baidwell,  May  12,  1807. 

Joshua  Packard,  Jr.,  and  Bet5:ey  Ingram,  May  14,  1807. 

Harvey  Luce  and  Hannah  Clifford.  June  3,  1807. 

Rev.  Wm.  Fisher  of  Stamford,   Conn.,  and  Khoda  Bardwell,  Oct. 
25,  1807. 

John  Wilder  of  Chesleiiield  and  Hannah  Amadon,  Feb.  15,   1808. 

Rev.  Abel  Farley  of  Manchester  Vt.,  and  Hannah  Dresser,  Feb. 
18,  1808. 

Jonathan  Lilly,  Jr.,  of  Ashfield  and  Clarissa  Kellogg,  Sept.  22, 1808. 

Erastus  Gleason  of  Plainfield  and  Eunice  Tilton,  Oct  5,  1808. 

Rufus  Abbott  of  Chester  and  Anna  Owen,  July  17,  1809. 

Stephen  Whitney  of  Deeifield  and  Polly  Williams,  Feb.  22,  1810. 

Jghn  Bisbee  of  Plainfield  and  Mary  Lyon,  ]\Iarch  27,  1810. 

Doctor  Daniel  Pierce  of    Peru  and  Abigail  Lyman,  May  3,  18 10. 

Samuel  Hall,  Jr.,  of  Ashfield  and  Betsey  Jipson,  July  12,  1810. 

Allen  Newell  of  Whateley  and  Hannah  Jipson,  July  13,  1810. 

Stephen  Luce  and  Mary  Graves  of  Williamsburgh,  Sept.  20,  1810. 

Aaron  James  and  Irena  Willcutt,  Nov.  29,  18 10. 

Joel  Jones  of  Chesterfield  ajid  Clarissa  Owen,  April  30,  1810. 

Caleb    Dodge    of   Litchfield,    N.    Y.,    and    Marcia   Jipson,    Sept. 
17,  1810. 

Wm.  Hosford  and  Tirza  Jipson,  Sept.  19,  18 ro. 

Jed.  Clark  and  Elizabeth  Cushman,  Jan.  19,  1813. 

Benjamin  Johnson  of  Pittsfield  and  Mary  Cargill,  Nov.  i,  1813. 

Ebenezer  Healy,  Jr.,  and  Esther  Parsons,  IMay  5,  18 13. 

O.  D.  Hannum  of  Southampton  and  Sarah  Sprague,  May  27,  18 13. 

Elisha  Warner  and  Patty  Weeks,  July  5,  18 13. 

Rufus  Olds  and  Eunice  Sprague,  Aug.  25,  1814. 

Chester  Olds  and  Naomi  Sprague,  Sept.  22,  18 14. 

Prescott  Bartlett  and  Narcissa  Robinson,  Oct.  17,  1814. 

Junius  Northam  and  Sally  White,  Jan.  31,  181 5. 

Cyrus  Bisbee  and  Eliz'th  Buckingham,  May  16,  1815. 

Simeon  Cowles  of  Amherst  and  Molly  King,  June  28,  1815. 

James  Richards,  Jr.,  of  Plainfield  and  Sally  Bardwell,  May  31,  1815. 


220  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

Robert  Little  of  Williamsburgh  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Whitcomb,  Dec. 
21,  1815. 

Lewis  Thayer  of  Cummington  and  Tenty  Kingman,  Jan.  2,  1816. 

Eben'r  Ford  of  Plainfield  and  Roxey  Olds,  Jan.  22,  t8i6. 

Asahel  Billings  and  Violet  Bardwell,  Jan.  31,  1816. 

Amos  Deming  of  Savoy,  and  Priscilla  Sears,  Feb.  15,  1816. 

Horace  Frary  of  Whately  and  Catharine  Simmons,  Oct.  7,  1818. 

Robert  Barras  and  Zerviah  Orcutt,  Feb.  11,   182 1. 

Jesse  Willcutt,  2d,  and  Hannah  James,  Dec.  2,  1813. 

Joel  Sampson  and  Anna  Hubbard,  June  5,  1814. 

Jacob  Lovell  and  Naomi  Damon,  April  2,  18 18. 

Bradley  Packard  and  Mary  Webster,  Dec.  2,  1831. 

Leonard  Smith  and  Mary  Coney,  May  13,  1835. 

Abner  Kelley  and  Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniel  Beals,  Dec.  10,  1835. 

Asahel  H.  Searle  and  Sophia  Skiff,  Dec.  11,  1823. 

Martin  Bryant  of  Chesterfield  and  Nancy  A.  Skiff,  Jan  t,  1824. 

Oliver  Wiles  of  Williamsburgh  and  Sophia  Hosford,  March  4,  1824. 

Reuben  Lynch  of  Stockbridge  and  Sarah  Hosford,  Nov.    10,  1824. 

Asa  Pettengill  of  Cummington  and  Cynthia  Brown,  Jan.  25,  1826. 

Peter  Niles  of  Worfhington  and  Mary  Buckingham,  April  11,  1826. 

Oliver  Taylor  Cathcart  and  Nancy  Abeli,  April  12,  1827. 

Gaius  Pease  of  Summers,  Conn.,  and  Wealthy  Walcutt,  June  13, 
1827. 

John  C.  Lyman  of  Cummington  and  Cynthia  Bassett,  Nov.  7,  1827. 

Oman  Bartlett  of  Cummington  and  Lovisa  Damon,  Dec.  27,  1827. 

Russell  Searle  of  Chesterfield  and  Abigail  Beals,  Dec.  27,  1827. 

Eben'r  W.  Town  of  Enfield  and  Sophia  A.  Hawks,  Dec.  1,  1827. 

Barnabas  A.  Howes  of  Ashfield  and  Polly  Q.  Lawton,  Nov.  8,  1827. 

Ansel  Edwards  of  Albany  and  Rowena  Darling,  Dec.  21,  1827. 

Alvan  Macomber  and  Nancy  Burnell,  Feb.  22,  1832. 

Norman  Cogswell  of  Chesterfield  and  Eliza  Farley,  May  15,  1832. 

Elias  Beals  of  Cummington  and  Polly  Bates,  June  14,  1832. 

Silas  Hannum,  Jr.,  and  Harriet  E.  Kingman,  Oct.  25,  1832.  , 

Pomeroy  Smith  and  Louisa  C.  Burnell,  Jan.  i,  1833. 

Nathan  Sears  of  Ashfield  and  Abigail  Bates,  May  22,  1834. 

Philo  P.  Tucker  and  Harriet  N.  Hawks,  Oct.  i,  1834. 

Braman  Wing  of  Savoy  and  Betsey  Luce,  Sept.  17,  1837. 

Joseph  Cole  of  Chesterfield  and  Hannah  Willcutt,  Sept.  23,  183S. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  221 

Capt.  John  Grant  and  ]\Trs.  Jane  B.  Shaw  of  Cummingtonj  Oct.  9, 
1838. 

Elijah  Walcotr,  Jr.,  and  Diana  R.  Parker,   Feb.  14,  1839. 

Win.  Keith  of  Greenfield  and  Almira  "J'hompson    of   Heath,   Oct. 
21,  1841. 

Lewis  H.  Warren  of  Ashfield  and  Sarah  Converse,  Nov.  24,  1841. 

Ebenezer  Snell,  Jr.,  of  Cummington  and  Rachel  F.  Bardwell,  Dec. 
15,  1841. 

Moses  Belden  to  Mrs.  Sally  Briggs,  April  27,  1842. 

Benj.  E.  Kemp  of  Buckland  and  Mehitabel  Luce,  Jan.  18,  1844. 

Abner  Phelps  and  Eryphela  Wheeler,   Sept.  4,  1844. 

David  Kingman  and  Harriet  N.  Richards,  July  29,  1845. 

Wm.  N.  Moore  and  Caroline  S.  Moody,  May  3,  1846. 

Spencer  C.  Gurney  and  Abigail  T.  Hoxie,  April  2,  1847. 

Theo.  Parsons  and  Mehitable  Shaw,  Jan.  30,  1848. 

Jeremiah  Bardwell  and  Wealthy  C.  Goodman,  Nov.  29,  1849. 

Otis  C.  Howes  and  Cornelia  M.  Hubbard,  Oct.  i,  1850. 

John  M.  Smith  and  Sarah  M.  Beals,  Oct.  13,  1850. 

Samuel  J.  Gould  and  Rosetta  A.  Russ,  June  10,  185  i. 

Thomas  C.  Phelps,  Jr.,  and  Hannah  S.  Moore,  Dec.  11,  185 1. 

J.  M.  Francis  and  Beihiah  E.  Russ,  Dec.  11,  1852. 

Alphonso  Dickinson  and  Abby  A.  Field,  Jan.  30,  1852. 

Henry  Bodman  and  Sarah  Hill,  May  3,  1852. 

Levi  Stephenson  and  Martha  R.  Miller,  May  10,  1852. 

George  Stephenson  and  F.lizabeth  E.  Utley,  June  14,  1853. 

Milo  Milliken  and  Mary  Willcutt,  Nov.  24,  1853. 

Hosea  P.  Hunt  and  M.  Vaughn,  May  10,  1854. 

Henry  M.  Blakely  and  Genett  Halhaway,  Aug.  2,  1854. 

Geo.  W.  Packard  and  Mary  J.  Foid,  Feb.  23,  1855. 

Aquila  Mooie  and  Eliza  A.  Miller,  May  3,  1855. 

Amos  Hawks  and  Climena  Baker,  Dec.  27,  1855. 

James  Lawton  and  Catharine  Baly,  Jan.  17,  1856. 

John  VV.  Miller  and  Eugenia  Howland,  May  i,  1856. 

Zenas  Field  and  Cynthia  Luce,  Oct.  11,  1856. 

Albert  H.  Merritt  and  Aurelia  M.  Jackson,  Oct.  6,  1856. 

A.  P.  Hunt  and  Hannah  J.  Plympton,  May  12,  1857. 

Joseph  Blake  and  Caroline  P.  Abell,  May  27,  1857. 

James  B.  Taylor  and  Abigail  Manning,  July,  1857. 
Joseph  Meekins  and  Permelia  Bassett,  Sept.,  1857. 


222  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

Rev.  Wm.  Carrutheis  and  Martha  P.  Baker,  June  23,  1858. 
Matthew  JRay  and  Mary  Burke,   Feb.  7,  1859. 
Cyrus  Kingsley  and  Susan  J.  Pynchon,  March  17,  1859. 
Alonzo  Bates  and  Aurelia  E.  Upton,  May  3,  1859. 
Lewis  Abell  and  Martha  Packard,  1859. 
Amasa  S.  Cowles  and  Ruth  S.  Newcomb,  1859. 
George  E.  Williams  and  Lucy  B.  Upton,  Nov.  14,  1859. 
Harvey  Rhodes  and  Sarah  Jane  Damon,  Oct.  21,  i860. 
Asahel  Bisbee  and  Sarah  Stephenson,  Nov.  i,   i860. 
Coleman  L.  Dawes  and  Martha  C.  Tilson,  June  12,  1861. 
Robert  Pratt  and  Mary  Loud,  June  12,   1861. 
Edward  Baker  and  Elizabeth  Damon,  July  4,  186 1. 
Horatio  Culver  and  Minerva  M.  Scott,  July  20,  1861. 
Fordyce  Chilson^^and  MaiyAnn  Frissel,  March  16,  1863. 
Chester  M.  Fuller  and  Almira  A.  Warner,  Dec.  29,  1863. 
Fred.  Richaidson  and  Juliette  Hay  den,  March  2,  1864. 
John  H.  Matthews  and  Catharine  Brinen,  Jan.  21,  1865. 
T.  P.  Lyman  and  Olive  J.  Rice,  Oct.  11,  1865. 
John  H.  Bissell  and  Julia  Ann  Richardson,  Dec.  6,  1865. 
Henry  F.  Rice  and  Sarah  E.  Godfrey,  Jan.  17,  1866. 
Harlan  W.  Torrey  and  Ellen  M.  Parker,  June  23,  1866. 
John  H.  Godfrey  and  Elvira  A.  Porter,  May  23,  1867. 
Levant  Phelps  and  Ella  L.  Prince,  June  3,  1867. 
Elihu  Boyce  and  Amanda  Miller,  June  16,  1868. 
Herbert  W.  Brown  and  Luella  R.  Damon,  Sept.  8,  1868. 
Chas.  Thayer  and  Ida  Dixon,  Sept.  13,  1868. 
Dwight  Thayer  and  Sarah  Miller,  Oct.  23,  1868. 
Edward  Valentine  and  HaUie  A.  White,  Feb.  20,  1869. 
E.  He'-bert  Alden  and  Laura  E.  Fuller,  Sept.  8,  1869. 
Edward  G.  Bradford  and  Sarah  M.  Newton,  Sept.  14,  1869. 
John  K.  Fuller  and  Lucena  Plumley,  Dec.  2,  1869. 
Arthur  H.  Walkley  and  Martha  A.  Hawks,  Jan.  15,  1870. 
Evlyn  Taylor  and  Louisa  R.  Johnson,  June  8,  1870. 
Franklin  Mayor  and  Nancy  Mayor,  July  10,  1870. 
__  Frank  D.  Robinson  and  Lizzie  Porter,  Oct.  26,  1870. 
Lyman  B.  Cannon  and  Julia  B.  Hubbard,  June  15,  1871. 
Benj.  M.  Dyer  and  Lois  H.  Williams,  Nov.  i,  1871. 
Leander  V.  Hill  and  Emily  Porter,  Nov.  25,  187 1. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  223 

John  G.  Sykes  and  Lydia  A.  Dyer,  Dec.  26,  187 1. 

Orrin  N.  Russ  and  Mary  Millins,  May  6,  1873. 

Augustus  H.  Roberts  and  Mary  Ann  Richardson,  July  29,  1875. 

Israel  P.  Stebbins  and  Mary  Alexander,  Jan.  24,  1877. 

Willie  E.  Shaw  and  Eva  V.  Merritt,  July  3,  1877. 

Horace  Atwater  and  Emma  Ernestine  Walkley,  July  26,  1877. 

Frank  G.  Sears  and  Etta  F.  Wildman,  April  21,  1877. 

Clifford  L.  Nutter  and  Sarah  P.  Sturtevant,  Sept.  lo,  1877. 

John  E.  Cogan  and  Bell   J.  Bates,  August  11,  1879. 

Ralph  A.  Packard  and  Rachel  E.  Hawes,  Oct.  30,  1879. 

Alcander  Hawks  and  Eunice  A.  Loomis,  Nov.  18,  1879. 

Lucius  PI.  Hubbard  and  Margaret  E.  Bucknam,  April  29,  1880. 

Wilbur  D.  Porter  and  Julia  F.  Tufts,  May  23,  1880. 

Ozro  B.  Davis  and  Fleda  E.  Miner,  May  30,  1880. 

Ward  D.  White  and  Susie  P.  Hunt,  Nov.  25,  1880. 

Emil  H.  Miller  and  Flora  A.  Buck,  Dec.  25,  1880. 


^^Intentions'' — where  date  of  marriage  is  not  recorded. 

Epaphras  Curtis  and  Elizabeth  Waldo,  Dec,  1787. 

Ephraim  Bates  and  Mary  Chamberlain,  Jan.  4,  1790. 

Micah  Jepson  and  Mary  Hawkins  of  Williamstown,  April  8,  1790. 

Daniel  Croney  (Coney?)  and  Mary  Jones,  May  23,  1790. 

Chas.  Beswick,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Vinton,  July  9,  1790. 

Parson  Mansfield  and  Joanna  Smith,  Dec.  19,  1791. 

Moses  Hallock  and  Peggy  Allen  of  Chilmark,  July  2,  1792. 

Edmond  Bridges  and  Rebekah  Minor  of  Peru,  Nov.  12,  1792. 

John  Presip^  and  Molly  Odell  of  Cummington,  March  4,  17^3. 

Jesse  Abell  and  Sally  Orcult,  Nov.  15,  1795. 

Levi  Bates  and  Lovina  Hersey,  July  10,  1796. 

Abell  Olds  and  Eleanor  Billington,  April  24,  1797. 

Josiah  Hannum  and  Dolly  Banister,  Dec.  4,  1797. 

Jonathan  Luce  and  Mehitabel  Bates,  May  19,  1798. 

Charles  Grimes  and  Hepsey  Bodman,  Aug.  10,  1800. 

John  K.  Hamilton  and  Submit  Grimes,  Sept.  21,  1801. 

John  Grant  and  Nancy  Reed  of  Cheshire,  April  16,  1802. 

*  Presip  was  a  Portuguese. 


224:  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Josepli  Rice  and  Mary  Burnell,  Aug.  15,  1803. 

Othniel  Hannum  and  Patty  Bassstt,  Sept.  26,  1803. 

Silas  Bur^^ess  and  Lucy  Stone,  Nov.  15,  1803. 

Joshua  Abel),  Jr.,  and  Phebe  Cat  heart,  March  4,  1804. 

Ebenezer  Parsons  and  Eunice  Clark,  March  14,  1804. 

Erastus  Clark  and  Hannah  Dresser,  July  16,  1804. 

John  Glass  of  Peru  and  Phebe  Davis,  Oct.  20,  1804. 

Samuej  Daugherly  and  Anna  Woods  of  Belchertown,  Feb.  10,  1805. 

John  Willcutt  and  Cynthia  Abell,  March  10,  1806. 

1  hos.  Tower,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Manning,  Dec.  30,  1806. 

John  Eldredge  and  Sally  Kellogg,  Oct.  5,  1807. 

Silvanus  Stone  and  Mehifabel  Kellogg  of  Brookfield,  Jan.  2o„i8o8. 

Caleb  Cushman  and  Betsey  Alvord  of  Plalnfield,  Feb.  9,  1808. 

John  Luce  and  Hannah  Bigelow,   Feb.  15,  1808. 

Elijah  Streeter  and  Katherine  Weeks  of  Belchertown,  Feb.  15,  1808. 

Reuben  Kingman  and  Betsey  Clark,  March  8,  1808. 

David  Kellogg  and  Sophia  Bassett,  Nov.  24,  1808. 

Spencer  Hubbard  and  Sally  Gunn  of  Sunderland,  Jan.  25,  1809. 

Ebenezer  White  and  Hannah  Ripley,  Oct.  8,  1809. 

Samuel  Buckingham  and  Eliza  (^ox,  May  7,  18 10. 

Jonathan  Snow  and  Betsey  Bond,  Dec.  25,  1810. 

Nathan  Fuller  and  Hannah  Dyer,  March  4,  181 1. 

Elijah  Bardwell,  Jr.,  and  Lovina  Howes  of  Ashfield,  Dec.  2,  181 1. 

Harvey  Walker  and  Tamar  King,  April  11,  1813. 

Cyril  Jepson  and  Phebe  Sears,  May  30,  1814. 

Benj.  White  and  Sophia  Butler,  Nov.,  1814. 

Robert  Little  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Whitcomb,  Dec.  12,  1815. 

Willard  Stowell,  and  Lucy  King,  Jan.  8,  r8i6. 

Rev.  Abel  Farley  and  Sarah  Saddler,  June  29,  1816. 

Versal  Abell  and  Sally  Potter,  Sept.  11,  1819. 

Silas  Olds  and  Sally  Prentice,  Dec.  14,  1819. 

Greenwood  Brown  and  Mrs.  Chloe  Bates,  Jan.  16,  1820. 

Abiram    Phillips  and  Lucretia  Jepson,  Feb.  11,  1820. 

Henry  Hannum  and  Submit  Abell,  March  25,  1820. 

Samuel  Naramore  and  Aurelia  Bardwell,  Oct.  18,  1820. 

Dr.  Stephen  H.  Fuller  and  Susan  E.  Seymour,  Oct.  21,  1820. 

Dr.  Aivah  W^  Rockwell  and  Lucy  Ames,  Jan.  13,  1821. 

Obadiah  Skiff,  Jr.,  and  Ann  Bryant,  Sept.  2,  1823. 


HISTORY  OF  goshe:n.  225 

Jabez  Bement  and  Eliza  A.  Jordan,  Jan.  15,  1824. 

Edson  Cook  and  Esther  Abell,  Jan.  17,  1824. 

Abner  Damon,  Jr.,  and  Miranda  Bates,  Jan.  17,  1824. 

William  Abell  and  Jerusha  S.  Arms,  April  15,  1824. 

Silas  Bassett,  2d,  and  Pamelia  Bradford,  April  24,  1824. 

D.  W.  Graves  and  Sarah  Wells,  May  21,  1824. 

Bela  Dyer  and  Deborah  White,  Aug.  21,  1824. 

Capt.  R.  Dresser  and  Sibyl  W.  Smith,  Feb.  11,  1825. 

Dr.  Geo.  Wright  and  Julia  Billings,  Aug.  27,  1825. 

Emmons  Putney  and  Orpha  Starkweather,  Oct.  22,  1825. 

Dea.  Jonathan  Lyman  and  Lydia  Towne,  Nov. .4,  1826. 

Edwin  Norton  and  Minerva  Smedley,  June  8,  1827. 

Harris  Wait  and  Phebe  H.  Hunt,  Aug.  20,  1828. 

Edmund  Perkins  and  Laura  Orcutt,  Dec.  5,  1828. 

Ira  Angell  and  Martha  Hosford,  Sept  25,  1829. 

Hiram  Cowls  and  Sophronia  Knight,  Nov.  6,  1830. 

Dr.  J.  W.  Rockwell  and  Elizabeth  Mills,  April  19,  1834. 

Wm.  Sanders  and  Almira  Buckingham,  May  24,  1834. 

Israel  B.  Thompson  and  Mary  S.  Town,  July  4,  1835. 

Capt.  Fordyce  Rice  and  Eunice  V.  Nash,  Sept.  26,  1835. 

Jabez  H.  Eldredge  and  Mary  Ann  Johnson,  Feb.  20,  1836. 

S.  Braymap  and  Laura  Healey,  May  15,  1841. 

Abner  Field  of  Hatfield  and  Wealthy  Putney,  Sept.  24,  1842, 

F.  W.  Lyman  and  Sarah  W.  Naramore,  Jan.  26,  1844. 

James  Gloyd  and  Lucretia  Ford,  Nov.  8,  1845. 

Rev.  Royal  Reed  and  Julia  Starkweather,  Dec.  8,  1845. 

Wm.  N.  Moore  and  Caroline  S.  Moody,  April  18,  1846. 

Francis  Dresser  and  Corinth  Higgins,  Jan.  23,  1847. 

C.  M.  Fuller  and  Laura  Beals,  Oct  23,  1847. 

Forrace  Jepson  and  Martha  H.  Record,  May  26,  1848. 

Horatio  Bassett  and  Aurelia  Fuller,   Sept.  4,  1848. 

M.  Nash  Hubbard  and  Julia  A.  Parsons,  May  18,  185 1. 

Chas.  Underwood  and  Mary  Ann  Hoar,  June  3,  1867. 

Wm.  E.  Manning  and  Carrie  O.  Keplinger,  June  3,  1868. 

Herbert  W.  Brown  and  Lucilla  Damon,  July  22,  1868. 


226  HISTORY    OF   GOSHEN. 


Birth-S  not  PrevioLisly  Inserted. 


Patience,  daughter  of'Abijah  Tucker,  Dudley,  Jan.  26,  1761. 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Abijah  Tucker,  Goshen,  Oct.  8,  1766. 
Molly,  daughter  of  Robert  Webster,  Feb.  12,  1766. 
James,  son  of  Edward  Orcutt,  Hingham,  May  3,  1761. 
Matthew,  son  of  Edward  Orcutt,  Goshen,  April  12,  1764. 
Deborah,  Jr.,  daughter  of  Wni.  Meader,  Nantucket,  Nov.  14,  1778. 
William,  son  of  William  Meader,  Goshen,  Sept.  29,  178 1. 
Jonathan,  son  of  William  Meader,  Goshen,  Dec.  21,  1783. 

James     \      .      ^  Samuel  and  Martha  Mott,  April  18,  1784. 
Abigail,    )  >      r  >     /    T 

Nabby,  daughter  of  Jos.  and  Deb.  Maynard,  March  19,  1793. 

Martha,  daughter  of  Shepherd  and  Mary  Moore,  Oct.  26,  1801. 

Irena,  daughter  of  Silvanus  Burk,  Sept  18,  1785. 

Orril,  son  of  Silvanus  Burk,  Feb.  16,  1787.  ^ 

Gains,  son  of  Silvanus  Burk,  June  22,  1791. 

John  K.,  son  of  David  and   Elioner  (King)  Green,  June  15,  1789. 

Justin,  son  of  David  and  Elioner  (King)  Green,  Oct.  13,  1794. 

John,  son  of  John  and  Prudence  (White)  Adams,  Nov.  i,  1794. 

Ariel,  son  of  Ansel  Amadon,  Dec.  20,  1802. 

Rodney,  son  of  Eleazer  Hawks,  July  9,  18 18. 

Edwin,  son  of  Eleazer  Hawks,  Nov.  30,  1819. 

Alcander,  son  of  Eleazer  Hawks,  Aug.  18,  1821. 

Mary  Dresser,  daughter  of  Eleazer  Hawks,  Dec.  15,  1822. 

Chas.  S.,  son  of  E.  W.'Town,  Feb.  17,  1833. 

Jerusha  S.  Arms,  wife  of  Wm.  Abell,  Aug.  11,  1792. 

Eliza,  daughter  of  Wm.  Abell,  April  15,  1825. 

Rufus,  son  of  Joab  and  Mary  (Bliss)  Carpenter,   March  19,  1806. 

John,  son  of  Asa  and  Prudence  Chamberlain,  Sept.  10,  1789. 

*Became  a  physician. 


HISTORY  OF    GOSHEN 


227 


Lincoln,  son  of  Asa  and  Prudence  Chamberlain,  Sept.  15,  1791-- 

Wealthy,  daughter  of  Rev.  Abel  Farley,  Sept.  11,  1813. 

Oliver,  son  of  Gershoni  Cathcart,  Dec.  17,  1794- 

Henry  L.,  son  of  Alfred  D.  Tucker,  Jan.  18,  1837. 

Geo.  A.,  son  of  Alfred  D.  Tucker,  ,  1838. 

Rosetta  Ann,  daughter  of  Nelson  Russ,  Chatham,  Aug.  19,  1832-.. 

Bethia  E.,  daughter  of  Nelson  Russ,  Chatham,  Feb.  20,  1835. 
/Julia  B.,  Williamsburgh,  Aug.  7,  1838. 

Children  of  N.  Russ,  •<  Oren  N.,  Goshen,  May  4,  1840. 

(^  Martha  E.,  Goshen,  May  10,  1842. 

Rebecca,  daughter  of  S.  Brayman,  July  25,  1842. 

Edwin  A.^  son  of  Emery  and  Finette  Moore,  Jan.  25,  1842. 

Eliza  E.,  daughter  of  A.  B.  Loomis,  March  7,  1842. 

Geo.  S.,  son  of  Lowell  Hunt,  April  28,  1842. 

Ellen  A.,  daughter  of  Edward  Bridgman,  May  iS,  1842. 

Ellen  J.,  daughter  of  Ezra  Brackett,  June  8,  1842. 

Elvira,  daughter  of  Samuel  Porter,  April  28,  1843. 

Clifford  H.,  son  of  Sears  and  Vashti  Luce,  Dec.  20,  1843. 

Sarah  Josephine^  daughter  of  Edward  Bridgman,  Jan.  18,  1844. 

Francis,  son  of  Francis  and  Lucinda  Lyman,  Jan.  26,  1844. 

Martha     Ann,    daughter    of  Joseph    and    Emeline    Hawks,    Feb. 
II,  1844. 

Joel  D.,  son'*of  Geo.  W.  and  Asenaih  Manning,  Feb.  22,  1844. 

Martha  G.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Laura  Brayman,  Feb.  24,  1844. 

David  S.,  son  of  Abner  and  Luena  Moore,  Aug.  5,  1844. 

Catharine,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and   Sarah  Ward,  Aug,  8,  1844. 

ivlaria  ]^.,  daughter  of  E.    A.   and    Charlotte   A.    Carpenter,   Aug. 
28,  1844. 

Susan  P.,  daughter  of  Lowell  and  Electa  Hunt,  Oct.  22,  1844. 

Royal  R.,  son  of  Fordyce  and  Mary  Rice,  ALirch  4,  1845. 

Adeline  E.,  daughter  of  Marlon  and  Adeline  Damon,  June  4,  1845. 

Laura  J.,  daughter  of  Emery  and  Finette  Moore,  June  5,  1845. 

Henry  Frank,  son  of  Fied.  W.  and  Sarah  W.  Lyman,  June  26,  1845. 

Edward  P.,  son  of  S.  VV.  and  Nancy  Tilton,  July  26,  1845. 

Edward  J.,  son  of  Edward  Bridgman,  Oct.  7,  1845. 

Julius  R.,  son  of  Zebina  Leonard,  Nov.  7,  1845. 

Mary  A,,  daughter  of  Sears  and  Vashti  Luce,  Dec.  8,  1845. 
Jacob  S.,  son  of  Levi  and  Marvilla  Gardner,  Dec.  29,  1845. 
Albert  S.,  son  of  Jere.  and  Sarah  Ward,  Jan.  10,  1846. 


228 


HISTORY   OP    GOSHEX. 


Henry,  son  of  Joseph  and  Emeline  Hawks,  Feb.  7,.  I'S^^. 

William  E.,  son  of  Geo.  W.  and  Asenath  Manning,  March  3,  1^46-.. 

Wealthy  C,  daughter  of  Geo.  and  Tryphena  Abelly  July  18,  1846;. 

Fordyce  Lyman,  son  of  Fordyce  and  Mary  Rice,  June  15,  1846. 

Edwin  H.,  son  of  Samuel  and  Laura  Brayman,  Oct.  13,  1846. 

Sarah  Emma,  daughter  of  Rufus  and  Louisa  Cowls,  Jan.  13,  i847». 

James  B.,  son  of  Samuel  and  Abia  Porter,  May  9,  1847. 

Francelia  D,,  daughter  of  Edwin  A.  and  Charlotle  Carpenter,  May 
14,  1847. 

Sarah  E.,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Susannah  Godfrey,  July  23,  1847^ 

William  A.,  son  of  Nelson ^d  Thankful  Russ,  Aug.  23,  1847.. 

Charles,  son  of  Gershom  ajd  Sarah  Damon,  Oct  20,  1847. 

Emery  M.,  son  of  Fordyce  and  Mary  Rice,  Nov.  9,  1847. 

Martha  E.,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Parnel  Warren,  Feb.  4,  1848. 

Clarinda  J.,  daughter  of  Spencer  and  Abigail  Gurney,  Feb.  9,  1848. 

Reuben  H.,   son  of  Francis  and  Corinth  Dresser,  March  4,  1848. 

Martha  E.,  daughter  of   Daniel  and  Lois  Burt,  March  21,  1848. 

Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Caroline  Moore,  April  4,  1848. 

Eunice  A.,  daughter  of  Almond  and  Hester  Loomis,  Dec.  12,  1848* 

Samuel,  son  of  Sam'l  and  Laura  Brayman,  March  7,  1849. 

Lucius  U.,  son  of  Thomas  and  Lavina  Buck,  May  20,  1848. 

Morgan  S.,  son  of  Zimri  and  Thankful  Newell,  Sept.  21,  1848. 

Frances  M.,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Wing,  May  12,  1848. 

Achsah  S.,  son  of  Edward  and  Caroline  Bridgman,  Aug.  19,  1849. 

Geo.  Wright,  son  of  F.  W.  and  Chloe  Belding,  Oct.  3,  1849. 

Edward  M.,  son  of  Francis  and  Corinth  Dresser,  Jan.  12,  1850. 

Franklin  W,,  son  of  Amasa  and  Betsey  Cowles,  March  9,  1850. 

Chas.  K.  Gurney,  son  of  Lysander  and  Mary  Gurney,  March  9,  1850. 

Ellen   L.,   daughter   of   Peregrine  and  Catharine  White,  April  11, 
1850. 

Alice  E.,  daughter  of  Sanford  and  Maria  Gage,  May  13,  1850. 

Jonathan  C,  son  of  Champion  and  Rachel  Brown,  July  6,  1850. 

Amanda,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Miller,  July  20,  1850. 

John  W.,  son  of  West  and  Nancy  Tilton,  Aug.  5,  1850. 

Octavia  F.,  daughter  of  Emery  and  Finette  Moore,  Aug.  6,  1850. 

Daniel,  son  of  Henry  and  Susannah  Godfrey,  Aug.  30,  1850. 

Marion  O.,  daughter  of  Oscar  and   Mary  A.  Washburn,    Sept.  10^ 
J850. 

Mary,  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Lucy  Lester,  Sept.  11,  1850. 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEX.  '229 

Ella  M.,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  H.  and  Wealthy  Bardwell,  Sept.  14, 
ji;85o. 

Francis  M.,  son  of  Fordyce  and  Mary  Rice,  Nov.  27,  1850. 

Mary  J.,  daughter  of  Rufus  and  Emma  Cowles,  March  17,  1851. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sam'l  and  Abia  Porter,  March  23,  185 1. 

Walter  U.,  son  of  Wm.  S.  and  Sarah  E.  Davis,  June  19,  1851. 

Melzer  E.,  son  of  Edwin  and  Paulina  Brockett,  July  13,  1851. 

Dwight  S.,  son  of  Amasa  and  Betsey  Cowles,  Nov.  14,  185 1. 

Chas.  A.,  son  of  Edwin  and  Mary  Stearns,  Oct.  18,  1852. 

Clark  Erwin,  son  of  F.  W.  and  Chloe  Belding,  Oct.  16,  1852. 

Laselle,  son  of  Abner  and  Erryphela  Phelps,  Oct.  7,  1853. 

Martha  Augusta,  daughter  of  Rev.  T.  H.  and  Jane  Rood,  April 
23,  1354. 

Chas.  B.,  son  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  Bardwell,  Feb.  i,  1855. 

Fred.  A.,  son  of  Fred,  and  Sophia  Hunt,  May  i,  1855. 

Lizzie,  daughter  of  Bennett  and  Cordelia  Allen,  Aug.  2,  1S55. 

Alice,  daughter  of  Willard  and  Caroline  Nichols,  July  4,  1855. 

Henry  James,  son  of  Benoni  and  Mercy  Ann  Bissel,  Dec.  24,  1856. 

Fred  A.,  son  of  Fred  and  Emma  Richardson,  Aug.  9,  1856. 

Chas.  Joseph,  son  of  Fred  and  Sophia  Hunt, .  1857. 

Maria  E.,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  Bardwell,  Sept.  11,    1857. 

Martha  E.,  daughter  of  Calvin  A.  Packard,  April  11,  1857.  {Cor- 
rected?) 

Almond  E.,  son  of  Ahnond  and  Hester  Loomis,  April  26,  1857. 

Betsey  Ann,  daughter  of  Amasa  and  Betsey  Ann  Cowles,  Nov.  11, 

1857. 

Wm.  L.,  son  of  Edmund  and  Louisa  Dawes,  March  i,  1858. 

Emma  Loena,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Julia  E.  Tilton,  March  21, 
1858. 

Ellen,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Godfrey,  April  22,  1858. 

Clara  Maria,  daughter  of  Bennett  and  Cordelia  Allen,  April  28, 
1858. 

Wilbur,  son  of  Sam'l  and  Abia  Porter,  May  10,  1858. 

Jonathan  Arthur,  son  of  A.  P.  and  Josephine  Hunt,  June  14,  1858. 

Ella  J.,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Erryphela  Phelps,  June  23,   1858. 

Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Frederick  and  Amy  Richardson,  June  i, 
1858. 

Fred.  Knowlton,  son  of  Geo.  and   Elizabeth  Stephenson,  July  18, 


230  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEI^. 

Nellie  Louisa,  daughter  of  Baxter  and  Louisa  Wilder,  Oct.  9,  1858. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Rodney  and  Minerva  Hawks,  Dec.  27,  1858. 
Frederick,  son  of  Fordyce  and  Mary  Rice,  June  29,  1859. 
Eva,  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Ellen  F.  Bates,  Dec.  15,  1859. 
Milford  Henry,  son  of   Henry  and  Julia  E.  Tilton,  June  29,  i860. 
Lizzie  Maria,  daughter  of   Arthur  and  Josephine  Hunt,   July  20, 
i860. 
Wm.  Henry,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Godfrey,  Dec.  2,  i860. 
Fred.  W.,  son  of  James  and  Abigail  Taylor,  Dec.  20,  i860. 
Willie,  son  of  Heman  and  Ellen  White,  April  9,  i860. 
Almond,  son  of  Martin  Meckley,  Jan.  20,  1861. 
Ella  T.,  daughter  of  H.  H.  and  Julia  Packard,  Feb.  5,  1861. 
Flora,  daughter  of  Henry'and  Julia  Tilton,  July  14,  1861. 
Alice  B.,  daughter  of  Orin  N.  and  Martha  Russ,  Sept.   21,  1861. 
Edward  Elsworth,  son  of   Henry  and  Julia  Tilton,  Sept.   11,  1862. 
Walter  L.,  son  of  George  and  Isabel  Kellogg,  Jan.  i,  1863. 
William,  son  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  Bardwell,  no  date. 
Nellie  Catharine,  James  and  Cordelia  Shipman,  April  28,  1863. 

Frank  W.,  I    Twins,  sonsof  Hiram  and  Ellen  Bates,  May  11,  1863. 

Fred  W.,      ) 

Frederic  B.,  son  of  Orin  and  Martha  Russ,  Feb.  7,  1864. 

Frederic  J.,  son  of  Chester  and  Almira  Fuller. 

Celestia  Isabel,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  Baker,  Feb.  5, 
1865. 

Horace  L.,  son  of  Frederic  and  Juliette  Richardson,  April  14,  1865. 

Minnie,  daughter  of   Calvin  and  Wealthy  Packard,  July  14,    1865. 

Alice  P.,  daughter  of  James  and  Cordelia  Shipman,  Aug.  8,   1865. 

Frank  M.,  son  of  Julius  and  Angeline  Davis,  Dec.  2,  1865. 

Charlie  Elmer,  son  of  Dwight  and  Susan  Clark,  Dec.  26,  1865. 

James  L.,  son  of  Andrew  and  Catharine  Sydell,  June  3,  1866. 

Willie  H,,  son  of  Orin  and  Martha  Russ,  Sept.  i,  1866. 

Albert  S.,  son  of  Albert  and  Kitty  Taylor,  Nov.  13,  1866. 

Orvilla  J.,  daughter  of    Benjamin  and  T.  C.  Davis,  Oct.  4,  1866. 

Peter,  son  of  Joseph  and  Julia  Cloutier,  Sept.  2,  1866. 

Angelia  Maria,  daughter  of  Almerion  and  Mary  Damon,  May  15, 
1867. 

Lizzie  K.,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Jennie  Lyman,  March  31,  1867. 

Frank  Lyman,  son  of  Edmund  and- Louisa  Dawes,  June  24,  1867. 

Anna  Belle,  daughter  of  Chas.  and  Ella  Washburn,  July  20,  1867, 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  231 

Elva  L.,  daughter  of  Augustus  and  Laura  Manning,  April  3,  1867. 

Lewis  Monroe,  son  of  Julius  and  Angeline  Davis,   Sept.   23,  1867. 

Chas.  M.,  son  of  Chas.  and    Marion  Underwood,   March  14,  1868. 

Chas.  H.,  son  of  Jackson  and  Julia  Minor,  March  30,  1868. 

Alice  Climena,  daughter  of  Benj.  and  T.  C.  Davis,  Sept.  8,  1868. 

Mary  Belle,  daughter  of  James  and  Orintha  Mollison,  Sept.  9,  1868. 

Idella  Gertrude,  daughter  of  William  and  Lucy  Houghtaling,  Aug. 
7,  1869. 

Minnie  Louisa,  daughter  of  Elihu  and  Amanda  Boyce,  Aug  29, 
1869. 

Willie  Hiram,  son  of  Hiram  and  Ellen  Bates,  Oct.  5,  1869. 

Fannie  Emeline,  daughter  of  Chas.  and  Marion  Underwood,  Nov. 
2,  1869. 

Clarence  E.,  son  of  Enos  and  Edlah  Hawks,  Dec.  16,  1869. 

John  Ellington,  son  of  Daniel  and  Susan  Wade,  Jan.  19,  1870. 

Jennie  E.,  daughter  of  Augustus  and  Laura  Manning,  Feb.  i,  1870. 

No  name,  child  of  James  and  Angle  Rounds,  Feb.  23,  1870. 

Charlie,  son  of  Herbert  and  Luella  Brown,  May  21,  1870. 

Sarah  B.,  daughter  of  Fred,  and  Juliette  Richardson,  Oct.  13,  1868. 

Marilla  Sophia,  daughter  of  Fred,  and  Juliette  Richardson,  Oct. 
29,  1870. 

Clifford  E.,  son  of  Edward  and  Hattle  Willcutt,  Jan.  3,  187 1. 

Harry  Marlon,  son  of  George  and  Isabel  Kellogg,  Feb.  i,  187 1. 

Clara  L.,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Harriette  Hayden,  April  6,  1871. 

Joseph  Hazelton,  son  of  Arthur  and  Martha  Walkley,  Sept.  2,  187 1. 

Arthur  Thomas,  son  of  Daniel  and  Susan  Wade,  Sept.  26,  1871. 

Francis  W.,  son  of  John  and  Louisa  Miller,  Oct.  31,  187 1. 

Henry  C,  son  of  Benj.  and  'J\  C.  Davis,  Nov.  22,  187 1. 

Julia  Nettie,  daughter  of  Chas.  and  Mary  Underwood,  Nov.  23,  1871* 

George  Henry,  son  of  Herbert  and  Luella  Brown,  Dec.   14,   187 1. 

Mary  Emma,  daughter  of  Franklin  and  Elizabeth  Robinson,  Dec. 
23,  1871. 

Carrie  A.,  daugliter  of  Augustus  and  Laura  Manning,  June  25,  1872. 

Alice,  daughter  of  Enos  and  Edlah  Hawks,  July  22,  1872. 

Harry  Grugan,  son  of  Timothy  and  Jennie  Lyman,  Oct.  25,  1872. 

Julia  Edna,  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Sarah  Chilson,  Nov.  24,  1872. 

Sarah  Alice,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Nancy  Rice,  Dec.  19,  1872. 

Mary  Annie,  daughter  of  James  and  Abigail  Taylor,  Jan.  14,  1873. 

Carrie  Grace,  daughter  of  Oscar  and  Eliza  Washburn,  March  29, 
1873. 


232  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 

Lilian  J.,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Ann  Hathaway,  Aug.   26,   1873. 
Annie  Francis,  daughter  of  James  and  Orintha  Mollison,  Aug.  26, 

1873. 

Herbert  S.,  son  of  John  and  Louisa  Miller,  March  ir,  1874. 

Edwin  Lester,        "(^    Twins,    children   of  Fred,  and  Juliette  Rich- 
Edward  Chester,    j  ardson,  Sept.  9,  1874. 

Edward  Ernest,  son  of  Franklin  and  Nancy  Mayor,  Dec.  5,  1874. 

Clara  Madelia,  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Sarah  Chilson,  Oct.  18,  1874. 

May  Belle,  daughter  of  Arthur  and  Martha  Walkley,  Dec.  19,  1874. 

Enos  Raymond,  son  of  Enos  and  Edlah  Hawks,  April  2,  1875. 
.  Arthur  A.,  son  of  Augustus  and  Laura  Manning,  Nov.  11,  1875. 

Reginald  Elwin,  son  of  Freebun  and  Julia  White,  Dec.  22,  1875. 

Emma  Louisa,  daughter  of  Chas.  and  Julia  Bogart,  Jan.  10,  1876. 

Florence  G,,  daughter  of  Oscar  and  Eliza  Washburn,  Feb.  15,  1876. 

Sarah  E.,  daughter  of  John  and  Louisa  Miller,  June  29,  1-876. 

Emma  Maria,  daughter  of  Fred,  and  Juliette  Richardson,  Oct.  23, 
1876. 

Arthur  Goodrich,  son    of   Rev.   Daniel   and   Susan    Lord,  April  8, 
1877. 

Arthur  Josiah,  son  of  Enos  and  Edlah  Hawks,  June  21,  1877. 

Marion  Franklin,  son  of  Freebun  and  Julia  White,  July  16,  1877. 

Robert  F.,  son  of  Israel  and  Ida  btebbins,  Nov,  21,  1877. 

Viola  T.,  daughter  of  Augustus  and  Laura  Manning,  Jan.  19,  1878. 

Arthur  H.,  son  of  Arthur  and  Martha  Walkley,  May  21,  1878. 

Harrie  W.,  son  of  Chas.  and  Jennie  Brooks,  June  3,  1878. 

Lena  H.  F.,  daughter  of  Freeman  and  Katie  Sears,  Aug.  18,  1878. 

Henry  Edson,  son  of  Fred,  and  Juliette  Richardson,  Oct.  19,  1878. 

Daisy,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Hattie  Willcutt,  Feb.  5,  1879. 

Charlotte  A.,  daughter  of  John  and  Louisa  Miller,  March  29,  1879. 

James  George,  son  of  James  and  Katie  Patterson,  Aug.  25,   1879. 

Ida  Louise,  daughter  of  Orman  and  Alice  Rice,  Aug.  31,   1879. 

Ernest  Frank,  son  of  Frank  and  Ella  Sears,  Sept.  11,  1879. 

Nellie  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Belle  Cogan,  Dec.  29,  1879. 

Mabel  Jessie,  daughter  of  Israel  and  Ida  Stebbins,  Feb.  18,  1880. 

Ada    Bell,   daughter  of  Augustus  and  Laura  Manning,  Feb.    26, 
1880. 

Marian    Delia,   daughter  of  Rufus  and  Delia  Stanley,    March  21, 
1880. 

Luell  J.,  son  of  Lewell  and  Josephine  Hobbs,  July  26,  1880. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  233 

Ba2)tlsms. 

Paul,  son  of  Mary  Grimes,  Sept.  28,  1783. 

Abijah,  Benjamin,  Betsey,  Francis,  children  of  Abijah  Hunt,  Sept. 

30.  1783- 

Elisha,  son  of  Ebenezer  Putney,  June  6,  1784. 

Sophia,  daughter  of  Deborah  Banister,  June  6,  1784. 

James  and  Abijah,  children  of  Samuel  Mott,  June  6,  1784. 

Martha,  daughter  of  Mary  Grimes,  May  9,  1785. 

Reuben,  son  of  Content  Kingman,  May  9,  1785. 

Content,  son  of  Content  Kingman,  July  2,  1786. 

William,  son  of  Bethia  (Flallock)  Hosford,  July  2,  1786. 

Achsah,  son  of  Abijah  Hunt,  Oct.  5,  1786. 

Jerusha,  daughter  of  Artemas  Stone,  June  i,  1788. 

Rufus,  Wealthy,  Calvin,  Theodama,  children  of  Caleb  Cushman, 
June  I,  1788. 

Shepherd,  son  of  Enoch  Reals,  Sept.  28,  1788. 

Samuel,  Rebecca,  Asahel,  Molly,  children  of  Jedediah  Bucking- 
ham, July  4,  1790. 

Harvey,  son  of  Stephen  Kellogg,  Oct.  3,  1790. 

Jena,  Harvey,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Elisha,  Shubel,  Obediah, 
Betsey,  Tabitha,  children  of  Samuel  Luce,  Oct.  19,  1790. 

Clarissa,  Seth,  Erastus,  Billy,  children  of  Silas  Parsons,  Marcb 
10,  1791. 

Artemas  and  Chester,  children  of  Silvanus  Stone,  July,  1792. 

Mercy  and  Lydia,  children  of  James  Wheeler,  Oct.  7,  1792. 

Paulina,  daughter  of  Silas  Parsons,  Dec.  30,  1792. 

Ruby,  daughter  of  Stephen  Kellogg,  March  3,  1793. 

Silas,  son  of  Silvanus  Stone,  April  14,  1793. 

George  and  Nathan,  children  of  Enoch  Reals,  Sept.  15,  1793. 

Elsie,  daughter  of  Josiah  Hayden,  March  16,  1794. 

James,  son  of  James  Wheeler,  April  20,  1794. 

Homan,  son  of  Joel  Chapin,  Sept.  20,  1794. 

Austin,  son  of  Silas  Parsons,  Sept.  20,  1794. 

Joel,  son  of  Silvanus  Stone,  April  19,  1795. 

Levi,  son  of  Enoch  Beals,  May  10,  1795. 

Rufus,  son  of  Stephen  Kellogg,  March  6,  1796. 

Oliver,  son  of  James  Wheeler,  June  5,  1796. 

Dosia,  daughter  of  Silas  Parsons,  Oct.  23,  1796. 


234  HISTORY    OF  GOSHEN. 

Sally,  daughter  of  Silvanus  Stone,  March  23,  1787. 

Joel,  son  of  Cyrus  Lyon,  Oct.  29,  1797. 

Amos  Joy,  son  of  James  Wheeler,  May  6,  1798. 

Chloe,  Levi,  Polly,  Hannah,  Benjamin,  children  of  Thaddeus  Nara" 
more,  Aug.  12,  1798. 

Rufus,  son  of  Abner  Baker,  July  8,  1798. 

Artemas,  son  of  Abner  Baker,  Oct.  14,  1798. 

Sally,  daughter  of  Silas  Parsons,  Sept.,  1798. 

Gideon,  living  with  Gershom  Cathcart,  Sept.,  1798. 

Needham,  son  of  Joseph  Maynard,  Jan.,  1799. 

Nathan  and  Henry,  children  of  Sa»nuel  Luce,  Feb.,  1799. 

Augusta,  daughter  of  George  Salmon,  March,  1799. 

Pomeroy,  son  of  Silvanus  Stone,  May,  1799. 

Sanford,  son  of  Abner  Brown,  June,  1799. 

Joseph,  William,  Hannah,  Theodocin,  Benjamin,  Susannah,  chil- 
dren of  Joseph  Jepson,  June,  1799. 

Chester,  Roxy,  Jason,  Silas,  children  of  Samuel  Olds,  June,  1799. 

George,  son  of  George  Salmon,  Nov.  24,  1799. 

Lucy,  daughter  of  James  Wheeler,  June  8,  1800. 

Austin,  son  of  Enoch  Beals,  July  3,  1800. 

Rendy,  daughter  of  Stephen  Kellogg,  July  6,  1800. 

Betsey,  daughter  of  Matthew  Keith,  March  i,  1801. 

Aaron,  son  of  Joseph  Jepson,  April  26,  1801. 

Dorcas,  daughter  of  Abner  Brown,  June  7,  1801. 

Theodore,  son  of  Abner  Parker,  June  21,  1801. 

John,  son  of  Lot  Hall,  July  5,  1801. 

Brainard,  son  of  Seth  White,  Aug. .30,  1801. 

Wealthy,  daughter  of  Silvanus  Stone,  Sept.  30,  1801. 

Silas,  son  of  Silas  Parsons,  Nov.  5,  1801. 

Wealthy,  daughter  of  Gershom  Cathcart,  July  11,  1802. 

Nelson  White,  son  of  Cheney  Taft,  Aug.  i,  1802. 

Hannah,  daughter  of  Enoch  Beals,  April  27,  1803. 

Moses,  son  of  Joseph  Jepson,  May  i,  1803. 

Nahum,  son  of  Abner  Baker,  May  22,  1803. 

Abner,  son  of  Abner  Damon,  Oct.  23,  1803. 

Benjamin  C,  son  of  Thaddeus  Naramore,  May  13,  1804. 

Hannah,  daughter  of  Silvanus  Stone,  May  30,  1804. 

Frederick,  son  of  Giles  Lyman,  Aug.  5,  1804. 

Hannah,  daughter  of  Eleazer  C.  Leonards,  March  3,  1805. 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSHE:Nr.  235 

Noah,  son  of Hosford,  March  3,  1805. 

Alvan,  son  of  Selh  White,  May  26,  1805. 

Henry  Russell,  son  of  John  Smith,  Jr.,  Nov.  3,  1805. 

Sarah  R.,  daughter  of  Abijah  Hunt,  May  28,  1806. 

Henry,  son  of  Giles  Lyman,  July  13,  1806. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Silvanus  Stone,  Aug.  10,  1806. 

Sophia,  daughter  of  Stephen  Hosford,  July  5,  1S06. 

Calvin,  son  of  Seth  White,  Sept.  13,  1807. 

Freeman  J.,  son  of  John  Smith,  June  26,  1808. 

Orin,  Clary,  Laura,  children  of  Cyril  Carpenter,  June  19,  1808. 

Tryphena,  daughter  of  Gershom  Cathcart,  June  25,  1809. 

Alvan,  son  of  Origen  Orcutt,  July  9,  1809. 

Mary  and  Susannah,  children  of  Eben  Parsons,  Oct.  15,  1809. 

Harriet,  daughter  of  John  Smith,  April  15,  1810. 

Patty,  daughter  of  Stephen  Hosford,  May  6,  1810. 

Electa  May,  Judy  Shaw,  children  of  Nehemiah  May,  May  14,  1810. 

Hannah  Colson,  daughter  of  John  C.  Lyman,  June  24,  1810. 

Virgil,  son  of  Dea.  Cyrel  Carpenter,  July  22,  1810. 

Horace,  son  of  J.  Pool,  July  22,  1810. 

Charles,  adopted  child  of  Dei.  J.  Lyman,  June  2,  181 1. 

Luther,  son  of  Origen  Oicutt,  Aug.  25,  181 1. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Abijah  Hunt,  Sept.  i,  181 1. 

Wm.  Cushman,  offered  by  Calvin  Cushman,  Nov.  3,  181 1. 

Tirzah,  daughter  of  Stephen  Hosford,  May  10,  1812. 

John  Emerson,  son  of  Gershom  Cathcart,  June  21,  181 2. 

Joseph,  adopted  child  of  Jared  Hawks,  June  29,  18 12. 

,  child  of  Amos  Pool,  July  26,  1812. 

Elijah,  son  of  Elijah  BardweM,  Sept  27,  18 12. 

Horatio  Bardwell,  son  of  Calvin  Cushman,  April  18,  1813. 

Susan  Mantor,  daughter  of  John  C.  Lyman,  April  18,  1813. 

Luther,  son  of  David  Kelloo^g,  June  6,  1813. 

Wealthy,  daughter  of  Rev.  A.  Farley,  Jan.  9,  1814. 

Philomela,  daughter  of  Abijah  Hunt,  May  i,  1814. 

Maria,  daughter  of  John  Smith,  Jr.,  May  8,  1814. 

Hudson,  son  of  Origin  Orcutt,  June  26,  1814. 

Louisa  Maria,  daughter  of  Calvin  Cushman,  May  25,  1815. 

Augustine,  son  rf  Elijah  Bardwell,  July  23,  1815. 

Wm.  Newell,  son  of  Rufus  Moore,  Sept.  10,  1815. 


236  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

Abel,  son  of  Rev.  Abel  Farley,  Sept.  29,  1815.     Baptised  the  day: 
his  wife  was  buried. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Elias  Lyon,  April  25,  1816. 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Dea.  C.  Carpenter,  Oct.  13,  1816. 
Harriet  Amelia,  daughter  of  ('alvin  Cushman^  May  4,  1817. 
Fidelia,  daughter  of  John  Smith,  May  12,  1817. 
George  Mantor,  son  of  Silas  Burgess,  May  25,  1817. 
Emery,  son  of  Rufus  Moore,  June  i,  18 17. 
Lucinda,  daughter  of  Eben.  Ford,  Sept.  28,  18 17. 
Calvin  Luther,  son  of  Calvin  Cushman,  Oct.,  18 19. 
Lucy  Sophia,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joel  Wright,  Dec.  i,  1822. 
Joseph  Huntington,  son  of  Joseph  White^  June  12,  1824. 
Eliza  Adams,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joel  Wright,  July  29,  1827. 
Caroline  Parsons,  daughter  of  George  Abell,  Feb.  27,  183 1. 
Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of  Rev.  H.  B.  Holmes,  June  3,  1832.  - 
Maria  Spencer,  daughter  of  Arvin  Nash,  Sept.  2,  1832. 
Edward  Cornelius,  son  of  E.  W.  Town,  Jan.  31,  1835. 
John  Chenery,  son  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson,  July  29,,  1838. 
Ezra  Martin,  son  of  Ezra  Brackett,  May  3,  1840. 
Edward  Payson,  son  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Thompson,  May  3,  1840.- 
Abby  Lemira,  daughter  of  Marcus  Lindsley,  May  4,  1840.- 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  237 


Deaths  not  !Previo\isly  Inserted. 


TMary,  daughter  of  Reuben  Smith,  Aug.  i,  1813,  aged  7  years. 

Achsah,  daughter  of  Reuben  Smith,  April  2,  18 13,  aged  12  years. 

Rich'd  Carpenter,  April  11,  1813,  aged  67  years. 

Zachariah  Luce,  Feb.  22,  1812,  aged  66  years. 

Salathiel  Tilton,  March  30,  1842,  aged  84  years. 

Benjamin  Abell,  Feb.  10,  1808,  aged  51  years. 

Cyrus  Lyon,  Feb.  12,  1831,  aged  81  years. 

,  wife  of  C.  Lyon,  March  20,  1813,  aged  59  years. 

Calvin,  son  of  Wm.  Abell,  July  9,  1830. 
Charles,  son  of  Wm.  Abell,  July  24,  1830. 
Jona.  Nelson,  Sept.  12,  1777,  aged  34  years. 
Daniel,  son  of  J.  Nelson,  Sept.  26,  1775. 
Manning,  son  of  Christopher  Banister,  Nov,  16,  1774. 
Lucy  W.  G.,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joel  Wright,  Oct.  4,   182 1,  aged  18 
months. 

George,  son  of  John  Williams,  March  i,  1824,  aged  20  years. 

Almira,  daughter  of  Thos.  Porter,  Feb.  17,  1824,  aged  18  years. 

Eden,  son  of  Levi  Stearns,  April  7,  1828,  aged  7  years. 

Eden,  son  of  Levi  Stearns,  Aug.  27,  1830,  aged  3  years. 

Jacob  S.,  son  of  Arvin  Nash,  April  7,  1831,  aged  6  years. 

Reuben  Dresser,  Aug.  4,  1845,  aged  63  years. 

Sophia,  his  wife,  Dec.  13,  182 1,  aged  41  years. 

Elizabeth,  daughter,  Oct.  7,  1845,  ^g^^  19  years. 

Martha,  wife  of  E.  Carpenter,  July  19,  1849,  aged  18  years. 

Reuben  Dresser,  Feb.  2,  1818,  aged  71  years. 

Mary,  his  wife,  July  6,  18 10,  aged  58  years. 

Hannah,  his  daughter,  Aug.  27,  1777,  aged  5  years. 

Reuben,  Jr.,  Aug.  22,  1777,  aged  3  years. 

Amos,  Aug.  21,  1777,  aged  2  years. 

Rev.  Abel  Farley,  March  22,  18 17,  aged  44  years. 


238  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEIS^. 

Hannah,  his  wife,  Sept.  27,  1815,  aged  ^8  years. 
Wealthy,  daughter,  Jan.  6,  1834,  aged  20  years. 
Ebenezer  Putney,  June  14,  1802,  aged  63  years. 
Susannah,  wife,  Jan.  5,  18 13,  aged  60  years. 
Widow  Margaret  Putney,  1802,87  years. 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Eben'r,  Sept.  9,  1777,  aged  3  years. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Eben'r,  Sept.  9,  1777,  aged  4  years. 
John  Williams,  2d,  May  17,  1843,  aged   74  years. 
Lieut.  Eben'r  White,  Sept.  17,  183 1,  aged  70  years. 
Dea.  Oliver  Taylor,  May  12,  1826,  aged  78  years. 
Lilly,  wife,  April  18,  18 13,  aged  56  years. 
Adam  Beals,  Dec.  25,  1796,  aged  72  years. 
Mary  Cathcart,  wife  of  Robert,  1809,  aged  75  years. 
Gershom  Cathcart,  Sept.  23,  1852,  aged  85  years. 
Polly,  wife,  July  11,  1858,  aged  82  years. 
Lilly,  daughter,  April,  1813,  aged  16  years. 
Edward  Orcutt,  Jan.  6,  1801,  aged  66  years. 
John  Jepson,  July  7,  1830,  aged  77  years. 
Betsey  Leach,  wife,  Oct.  3,  183 1,  aged  79  years. 
Marcy,  daughter  Wm.  Hallock,  Sept.  27,  1809,  aged  35  years. 
Mrs.  Nabby  Chapin,  daughter,  Jan  19,  1795,  aged  26  years. 
Mrs.  Alsie,  wife,  June  7,  181 6,  aged  82  years. 
William  Hallock,  Oct.  21,  1815,  aged  86  years. 
Henry  Kingman,  Oct.  17,  1834,  aged  24  years. 
Harriet  E.  Kingman,  wife  of  Cyrus  Miller,  Nov.  15,  1835,  ^ged  27. 
years. 

Fidelia  Kingman,  Feb.  23,  1834,  aged  22  years. 

Samuel  Grimes,  Jan.  16,  1789,  aged  50  years. 

Robert  Webster,  April  15,  1848,  aged  71  years. 

Joshua  Simmons,  March  6,  18 19,  aged  75  years. 

Sarah,  daughter  Moses  Belding,  Sept.  11,  1847,  aged  17  years. 

Clarinda,  daughter  Moses  Belding,  Oct.  17,  1847,  aged  23  years. 

Nancy,  wife  of  John  Grant,  Oct.  25,  1836,  aged  6;^  years. 

Lucy,  only  child  of  John  Grant,  Dec.  12,  183 1,  aged  27  years. 

Margaret,  widow  of  Ezra  May,  Jan.  19,  1788,  aged  56  years. 

Joseph  Jepson,  Sept.  22,  1859,  aged  75   years. 

Mary  Ann  (Judd),  daughter,  March  30,  1853,  aged  30  years., 

Aaron  Jepson,  Sept.  26,  1836,  aged  36  years. 

Spencer  C,  only  child  Asahel  Billings,  Oct.  29,  1830. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

Lucy  S.,  wife  Silas  Burgess,  Sept.  17,  1854,  aged  71  years. 

John  Salmon,  March  15,  1799,  aged  61  years. 

Ruth,  wife,  Jan.  30,  1800,  aged  62  years. 

John,  May  23,  1808,  aged  32  years. 

Mary,  (Peru,  Ohio,)  Aug.  18,  1844,  aged  66  years. 

Mrs.  Lucy,  wife  of  Elder  Eben'r  Smith,  Oct.  5,  1808,  aged  68  years. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Gurdon  Williams,  April  2,  1824,  aged  49    years. 

Urbane,  son,  April  29,  1824,  aged  22  years. 

Deborah,  wife  of  Samuel  Naramore,  Nov.  26,  1800,  aged  64  years. 

Joshua  Packard,  Jr.,  July  i,  1834,  aged  65  years. 

Philena,  wife,  Jan.  3,  1807,  aged  40  years. 

Betsey,  wife,  July  15,  1834,  aged  53  years. 

Capt.  Horace  Packard,  Sept.  4,  1848,  aged  54  years. 

Daughter  of  D.  W.  Graves,  Aug^.  9,  1828. 

Mary  Green,  daughter  of  Rev.  Hervey  Wilbur,  Nov.  21,  1827. 

Son  of  Dr.  Geo.  Wright,  Dec.  15,  1827. 

Son  of  Barney  Prentiss,  March  5,  1832. 

Lydia,  wife  of  Jacob  Gardner,  Nov.  5,  18 12. 

Nathaniel  Tower,  Jan.  12,  1850,  aged  77  years. 

William,  son  of  Caleb  Bryant,  Aug.,  1830. 

Joshua  Abell,  Aug.  29,  181 1,  aged  80  years. 

Rev.  Isaac  Child,  Dec.  24,  1842,  aged  55  years. 

Elizabeth,  wife,  March  15,  1855,  aged  76  years. 

Susan  Abell,  April  2,  1858,  aged  56  years. 
Joshua  Abell,  Aug.  18,  1833,  aged  78  years. 

Phebe  Abell,  Nov.  14,  1846,  aged  84  years. 

Widow  Molly  Gustin,  wife  of  Capt.  Webster,  June  12,  1829. 

Barnard  Grover,  born  1771,  died  Nov.  8,  1790. 

Zipporah,  wife  of  Stephen  Grover,  Oct.  7,  1791. 

Hannah,  wife  of  Lemuel  Lyon,  Nov.  10,  1766. 

Christopher  Grant,  Oct.  12,  1777. 

Elizabeth  Grant,  Aug.  6,  1796. 

Ezra,  son  of  Joshua  Abell,  Oct.  26,  1802. 

Dorothy,  wife  of  Joshua  Abell,  Sept.  3,  1803. 

Joseph  Jepson,  April  20,  1839,  aged  83  years. 

Rev.  Benj.  F.  Brown,  ,  1842.     {Corrected?) 

Desire  Mayhew,  Jan.  13,  1843,  aged  75  years. 

Shepard  Moore,  June  15,  1843,  ^^'^^  80  years. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Jepson,  June  15,  1843. 


240  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

Francis  Willcutt,  June  i6,  1843,  a^ed  44  years. 
Livie  White,  wife  of  Asa,  March  26,  1844,  aged  52  years. 
Elvira,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Phelps,  May  20,  1842,  aged  18  years. 
Susan,  daughter  of   Joseph  Putney,  May  22,  1842,  aged  39   years. 
Widow  Sherman,  June  13,  1842. 
Sophia  Orcutt,  June  26,  1842,  aged  39  years. 

Laura  B.,  daughter  of  Reuben  Dresser,  July  24,  1842,  aged  20  years- 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Rufus  Moore,  Sept.  16,  1842. 
Willard  Packard,  Sen.,  April  16,  1843,  ^g^d  71  years. 
Almira,  daughter  of  Wm.  Sanders,  Sept.  16,  1844,  aged  45  years. 
John  Franklin,  Nov.  18,  1844,  aged  74  years. 
Benjamin  Russ,  July  14,  1844,  aged  62  years. 
Reuben  Kingman,  Jan.  28,  1845,  aged  63  years. 
Halsey,  son  of  Eleazer  Hawks,  Feb.  26,  1846,  aged  29  years. 
Lydia,  wife  of  J.  V.  Hunt,  May  i,  1846,  aged  65  years. 
Martha,  wife  of  Hattil  W^ashburn,  Oct.  26,  1847,  aged  67  years. 
Emily  Thurston,  wife  of  Forrace  Jepson,  July  23,  1847,  aged 
32  years. 

Sophronia,  daughter  of  James  Orcutt,  Dec.  3,  1848,  aged  49  years. 

Robert  Webster,  April  15,  1848,  aged  72  years. 

Marion,  daughter  of  Lulher  Kellogg,  July  3,  1848,  aged  7  years. 

Wid.  Mary,  Joseph  Bassett,  Dec.  23,  1848,  aged  84  years. 

Betsey  Butts,  1849,  age  88  years. 

John  C,  son  of  West  Tilton,  March  3,  1849,  aged  10  years. 

Daniel  Ford,  Oct.  12,    1849,  aged  72  years. 

Nathaniel  Tower,  Jan.  12,  1850,  aged  77  years. 

Sarah,  wife  of  Cyrus  Stearns,  June  28,  1850,  aged  84  years. 

Lucinda,  wife  of  Solomon  Parsons,  July  6,  1850,  aged  85  years. 

Abner  Damon,  April  14,  185 1,  aged  85  years.  -  ^ 

Noah,  son  of  Francis  Willcutt,  April  23,    185 1,  aged  16  years. 

Stephen,  son  of  Rufus  Moore,  Aug.  18,  185 1,  aged  21  years. 

Harvey,  son  of  Francis  Willcutt,  Nov.  9,  1851,  aged  26  years. 

Katharine,  wife  of   Ambrose  Stone,  Dec.  5,  185 1,  aged  90  years. 

Zebulon  Willcutt,  Feb.  16,  1852  aged  93  years. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Ezra  Brackett,  March  6,  1852,  aged  26  years. 

Jacob  Gloyd,  Jr.,  March  30,  1852,  aged  63  years. 

Samuel  Luce,  June  11,  1852,  aged  74  years. 

Angeline,  wife  of  Oscar  Washburn,  May  2,  1852,  aged  27  years. 

Lucretia,  wife  of  Amasa  Putney,  Dec.  2,  1852,  aged  55  years. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  241 

Bathsheba,  wife   of  Willard   Packard,    March    26,    1853,    aged    75 
years. 

Luciiida,  wife  of  L.  F.  Eddy,  Ocr.  i,  1853,  aged  23  years. 

Delia,  widow  Ebenezer  Campbell,  Dec.  4,  1853,  aged  67  years. 

John  V,  Hunt,  Jan.  27,  1854,  aged  77  years. 

John  Putney,  April  9,  1854,  aged  62  years. 

Lovisa,  wife  of  Abner  Damon,  June  3,  1854,  aged,  86  years. 

Susannah,  wife  of  Shepard  Moore,  Aug.  18,  1854,  aged  87  years. 

Milo  Milliken,  Sept.  5,  1854,  aged  20  years. 

Trypiiena,  wife  of  Geo.  Abell,  Sept.  7,  1854,  aged  45  years. 

Jona.  Hunt,  Aug.  16,  1854,  aged  54  years. 

Lucy,  wife  of   Jerome  Stephenson,  March  9,  1855,  aged  31  years. 

Lois  wife  of  John  Godfrey,  March  17,  1855,  aged  72  years. 

Cyrus  Stearns,  March  25,  1855,  aged  90  years. 

Lucinda,  wife  of  J.  Walker,  March  30,  1855,  ^S^^^  4°  years. 

West  Til  ton,  May  23,  1855,  aged  55  years. 

Ja/red  Hawks,  June  13,  1855,  aged  80  years. 

Bethiah,  wife  of  Wm.  Eldredge,  Sept.  4,  1855,  aged  68  years. 

Jane,  wife  of  John  Grant,  Sept.  29,  1855,  aged  78  years. 

P.itty,  wife  of  Gershom  Bates,  Oct.  10,  1855,  aged  73  years.     • 

Elihu,  son  of  Dryden  Dawes,  Oct,  2,  1855,  aged  21  years. 

Gershom  Bates,  Oct.  22,  1855,  a^red  77  years. 

Sylvanus  Miller,  Jan.  i,  1857,  aged  50  years. 

Daniel  Pierce,  M.  D.,  Aug.  25,  1857,  aged  74  years. 

Anna,  widow  of  Jonah  Williams,  Aug.  28,  1857,  aged  87  years. 

Simeon  Cowl's,  April  27,  1857,  aged  78  years. 

Abigail,  widow  of  Phineas  Manning,  Sept.  22,  1857,  aged  94  years 

Henry  Eddy,  July  10,  1857,  aged  68  years. 

Betsey,  wile  of  Amasa  Cowles,  Nov.  24,  1857,  aged  ;^^  years. 

Susan,  daughter  of  Joshua  Abell,  April  2,  1858,  a2:ed  55   year^, 

Laura,  wife  of  Chester  M.  Fuller,  Jan.  i,  1858,  aged  30. 

Eliza,  daugh(er  of  Ezra  Brackett,  Jan.  17,  1858,  aged  37  years. 

j  nnes  C.  Pearl,  May  12,  1858,  aged  52  years. 

Loiza,  wife  of  Baxter  Wilder,  Oct.  2,  1858,  aged  27  years. 

Charlotte,  wile  of  Simeon  Cowles,  Nov.  19,  1858,  aged  73  veais. 

Clarissa,  wife  of  John  V.  Hunt,  Sept.  30,  1858,  aged  69  years. 

Polly,  wife  of  G.  Cathcart,  July  11,  1858,  aged  82  vears. 

Abigail,  wife  of  Daniel  Ford,  Feb.  8,  1,859,  ^S^d  79  years. 


242  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX. 

Aureliaj  wife  of  Wm.  Tilton,  Jan.  30,  1859,  aged  66  years. 

Elvira,   daughter  of    Eleazer    Hawks,    date    not  known,    aged   46 
"years. 

Zenas  Gloyd,  Oct.  20,  1859,  aged  70  years. 

Sophia,  wife  of  N.  S.  Merritt,  Nov.  17,  1859,  aged  32  years. 

Asa  White,  Dec.  24,  1859,  aged  72  years. 

Esther,  wife  of  J.  C.  Pearl,  May  18,  i860,  aged  48  years. 

Samuel  Whitman,  Jr.,  July  3,  i860,  aged  83  years. 

Arthur  P.  Hunt,  Oct.  14,  i860,  aged  25  years. 

Amy,  wife  of  F.  Richardson,  Oct.  31,  i860,  aged  20  years. 

Cynthia,  wife  of  John  Fuller,  Nov.  23,  i860,  aged  65  years. 

Violet,  wife  of  Asahel  Billings,  Feb.  17,  1861,  aged  78  years. 

John  Grant,  March  11,  1861,  aged  90  years. 

James,  son  of  Sam'l  Porter,  March  18,  1861,  aged  14  years. 

John  L.  Godfrey,  April  19,  186 1,  aged  32  years. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Freeman  Sears,  May  27,  1861,  aged  23  years^ 

Edward,  son  of  West  Tillon,  May  28,  1861,  aged*i6  years. 

Emery,  son  of  F.  Rice,  June  i,  1861,  aged  10  years. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  F.  Rice,  June  11,  186 1,  aged  6  years. 

Mayhew  Bassett,  June  11,  1861,  aged  68  years. 

Silas  Bassett,  June  17,  1862,  aged  71  years. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Jacob  Jenkins,  Aug.  i,  186 1,  aged  8  years. 

Henry,  son  of  Elijah  Bardwell,  Aug.  6,  1861,  aged  2  years. 

Lizzie,  daughter  of  Elijah  Bardwell,  Aug.   10,  1861,  aged  4  years. 

Charles,  son  of  Elijah  Bardwell,  Aug.  10,  1861,  aged  6  years. 

Ellen,  wife  of  Patrick  Dwyer,  Feb.  6,  1862,  aged  50  years. 

Arispe,  daughter  of  Abner  Pynchon,  June  17,  1862,  aged  25  years. 

Polly,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  White,  May  12,  1862,  aged  66  years. 

Ralph  Utley,  Nov.  7,  1862,  aged  66  years. 

Hannah,  widow  of   Timothy  Lyman,  Jr.,   Nov.    21,    1862,  aged    82 
years. 

Frank,  son  of  Amasa  Cowles,  June  22,  1863,  aged  13  years. 

Willie,  son  of  Nelson  Russ,  Aug.  4,  1863,  aged  16  years. 

Abner  Phelps,  Sept.  i,  1863,  aged  44  years. 

Rob't  Rogers,  Jan.  22,  1864,  aged  77  years. 

Emma,  daughter  of  S.  Porter,  April  13,  1864,  aged  10  years. 

Erastus  Brown,  April  21,  1864,  aged  72  years. 

Cynthia  (Tilton),  wife  of  Luce-Field,  July  2,  1864,  aged  76  years. 

Josiah  Miller,  Dec.  3,  1864,  aged  48  years. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN.  243 

Theo.  Parsons,  Jan.  19,  1865,  aged  73  years. 

Orlin  Nichols,  Jan.  25,  1865,  aged  63  years. 

Orpha,  wife  of  Emmons  Putney,  July  14,  1865,  aged  71  years. 

Phelinda  Brown,  Aug.  22,  1865,  aged  72  years. 

Judith  Hunt,  Aug.  23,  1865,  aged  92  years. 

Minnie,  daughter  of  Calvin  A.  Packard,  Sept.  28,  1865. 

Oliver  Red,  Nov.  21,  1865,  aged  25  years. 

Lorinda,  wife  of  C.  Underwood,  Feb.  4,  1866,  aged  30  years. 

Aug.  Sydell,  July  5,  1866,  aged  70  years. 

Jared  Damon,  June  28,  1866,  aged  74. 

Mary,  wife  of  Col.  L.  Stone,  July  16,  1866,  aged  71  years. 

Sally  Whitman,  Oct.  16,  1866,  aged  75  years. 

Charles  S.,  son  of  Elijah  Billings,  March  19,  1866,  aged  29  years. 

Robert  Barrows,  April  21,  1867,  aged  70  years. 

Sylvia,  wife  of  Horace  Willcutt,  July  22,  1867,  aged  35  years. 

Pardon  Washburn,  Aug.  29,  1867,  aged  80  years. 

Helen,  wife  of  Emmons  Putney,  Jan.  27,  1868,  aged  51  years. 

Abigail,  wife  of  Dr.  Pierce,  March  i,  1868,  aged  80  years. 

Julia  M.  Holman,  wife  of Minor,  May  9,  1868,  aged  25  years. 

Anna,  daughter  of  John  Smith,  July  6,  1868,  aged  86  years. 

David  Whitman,  Nov.  7,  1868,  aged  81  years. 

Jackson  Willcutt,  June  18,  1869,  aged  52  years. 

Aurelia,  wife  of  Benjamin  White,  Aug.  11,  1869,  aged  73  years. 

Rev.  Wm.  Willcutt,  Aug.  19,  1869,  aged  72  years. 

Wm.  Tilton,  Oct.  15,  1869,  aged  76  years. 

Amanda,  wife  of  E.  Boyce,  Dec.  14,  1869,  aged  19  years. 

David  Carpenter,  Feb.  20,  1870,  aged  85  years. 

Laura,  wife  of Alden,  Sept.  11,  1870,  aged  18  years. 

Cyrus  Joy,  Dec.  14,  1870,  aged  83  years. 

Aurelia  Fuller,  wife  of  Ploratio  Bassett,  Dec.  10,  187 1,  aged  43  years. 
Hiram  Willcutt,  May  24,  187 1,  aged  39  years. 
Jane  Bassett,  daughter  of  Joseph  Bassett,  March  6,  1872,  aged  87 
years. 

Henry  White,  March  15,  1872, aged  49  years. 

Helen,  wife  of  Edward  Smith,  April  17,  1872,  aged  22  years. 

Wm.  H.Miller,  Aug.  10,  1872,  aged  24  years. 

Martha,  wife  of  Oren  Russ,  Sept.  23,  1872,  aged  31  years. 

Franklin  Robirison,  Nov.  19,  1872,  aged  24  years. 

Rev.  T.  Walker,  July  31,  1873,  aged  61  years. 


244  HISTORY  or  goshen. 

Abner  Pynchon,  Jan.  7,  1874,  aged  67  years. 

David  Beals,  Aug.  5,  1874,  aged  69  years. 

John  W.  Miller,  Nov.  15,  1874,  aged  85  years. 

Jennie,  daughter  of  J.  D.  Shipman,  Dec.  20,  1874,  aged  20  years. 

Rev.  Sydney  Holman,  Dec.  31,  1874,  aged  74  years. 

John  Fuller,  March  27,  1875,  aged  85  years. 

Eleazer  Hawks,  June  16,  1875,  aged  93  years. 

Luther  Stone,  July  2,  1875,  ag^d  87  years. 

Lilly  P.,  wife  of  Jonathan  Hunt,  Sept.  23,  1875,  aged  70  years. 

Betsey  Willcutt,  Nov.  3,  1875,  ^g^d  79  years. 

Quincy  Bates,  Oct.  15,  1875,  aged  83  years. 

Rachel  Carpenter,  Nov  12,  1875,  aged  85  years. 

Tryphosa,  wife  of  Willard  Parsons,  Jan.  20,  1876,  aged  78  years. 

Sarah,  wife  of  Horace  Packard,  April  4,  1876,  aged  82  years. 

Willard  Parsons,  May  6,  1876,  aged  80  years. 

Mehitable,  wife  of  Francis  Willcutt,  Sept.  10,  1876,  aged  68  years. 

Mercy,  wife  of  Miller,  Dec.  10,  1876,  aged  91  years. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Elijah  Billings,  Dec.  16,  1876,  aged  80  years. 

Anna,  wife  of  Calvin  Loomis,  Jan.  9,  1877,  aged  94  years. 

Thomas  Daily,  Jan.  27,  1877,  aged  17  years. 

Sally  Manning,  daughter  of  Phineas,  March  5,  1877,  aged  86  years. 

Levi  Barrus,  March  18,  1877,  aged  82  years. 

Julia  M.,  wife  of  C.  C.  Dresser,  June  26,  1877,  aged  56  years. 

Nelson  Russ,  Sept.  2,  1877,  aged  71  years. 

Anna  L.,  daughter  of  Lorin  Barrus,  Oct.  17,  1877,  aged  18  years. 

Rhoda,  wife  of  Eleazer  Hawks,  Nov.  21,  1877,  aged  86  years. 

Pulchera  Plumley,  Dec.  12,  1877,  aged  77  years. 

James  Prince,  Feb.  19,  1878,  aged  93  years. 

Samuel  Porter,  April  3,  1878,  aged  77  years. 

Harriet,  wife  of  Asa  White,  May  19,  1878,  ag.ed  80  years. 

Moses  Dresser,  July  19,  1878,  aged  88  years. 

Melvin  Steel,  July  21,  1878,  aged  56  years. 

Geo.  W.  Manning,  Aug.  26,  1878,  aged  78  years. 

Nabby  Bates,  Nov.  19,  1878,  aged  95  years. 

Celia,  daughter  of  Josiah  Miller,  Nov.  9,  1878,  aged  37  years. 

Wealthy  Nichols  (Godfrej^,)  Nov.  29,  1878,  aged  71  years. 

Calvin  Loomis,  Dec.  13,  1878,  aged  99  years. 

Vesta  C,  wife  of  Edward  C.  Packard,  May  18,  1879,  aged  24  years. 

Abigail  Warner,  Aug.  2,  1879,  aged  74  years. 


HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN.  245 

Etta,  wife  of  Frank  Sears,  Sept.  12,  1879,  aged  19  years. 

Elijah  Billings,  Dec  12,  1879,  aged  79  years. 

Mary  Bassett,  daughter  of  Joseph,  March  2,  1880^  aged  86  years. 

Cynthia  Richardson,  March  5,  1880,  aged  81  years. 

Caleb  C.  Dresser,  March  25,  1880,  aged  66  years. 

,  wife  of*J..  W.  Miller^  July  13,  1880,  aged  84  years. 


Corrections. 


Page  239. 

Lydia,  daughter  of  J.  Gardner. 
Page  240. 

Willard  Packard  died  April  6. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Stearns  died  June  25. 


246  HISTORY  OF  GOSHEN. 


APPENDIX. 
Act    of  Incorporation. 


Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  : 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-one.  An  act  for 
Incorporating  the  Plantation  called  Chesterfield  Gore  and  the  Northwardly  part  of 
the  Town  of  Chesterfield,  in  the  County  of  Hampshire,  into  a  Town  by  the  name  of 
Goshan. 

Whereas  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Plantation  called  Chesterfield  Gore,  formerly 
known  by  the  Second  Additional  Grant  made  to  Narraganset  Township  Number 
four,  and  those  on  the  Northwardly  part  of  the  first  Additional  Grant  to  said  Nar- 
raganset Township  now  included  in  the  Town  of  Chesterfield  aforesaid,  have 
represented  to  this  Court  the  great  Difficulties  and  Inconveniences  they  labor  under 
in  their  present  Situation,  and  have  earnestly  requested  that  they  be  incorporated 
into  a  Town  : 

Be  it  therefore  Enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same— The  Plantation  called  Chester- 
field Gore  and  that  part  of  the  first  additional  Grant  to  Narraganset  Township 
aforesaid,  now  included  in  the  Town  of  Chesterfield,  and  bounded  as  followeth, 
viz. : — Beginning  at  the  Southwest  Corner  of  the  said  Second  Additional  Grant  or 
Chesterfield  Gore,  thence  North  bounding  westerly  on  unappropriated  Lands  Eight 
hundred  and  Sixty-four  Rods  to  Ashfield  south  Line,  thence  East  nineteen  Degrees 
South  on  said  Ashfield  South  Line  'till  it  comes  to  Conway  west  Line,  thence 
South  nineteen  Degrees  west  on  saidConway  west  Line  to  a  Bound  formerly  known 
by  Hatfield  North-west  Corner,  thence  south  eleven  Degrees  west  on  Williams- 
burgh  west  Line  to  the  South-east  Corner  of  the  first  Additional  Grant  to  said 
Narragansett  Number  four,  thence  west  on  the  South  Line  of  said  Grant,  Six  hun- 
dred and  fifty-four  Rods  including  the  whole  of  the  four  Tier  of  the  Original  Lots 
on  the  said  first  Additional  Grant,  thence  North  Eleven  Degrees  East  on  the  west 
Line  of  the  aforesaid  four  Tier  of  Original  Lots,  four  hundred  and  fifty  Rods  to  the 
Northwest  Corner  of  the  Original  Lot  Number  twenty-nine,  thence  West  three 
hundred  and  twenty-six  Rods  to  the  Southwest  Corner  of  Lot  number  Ninety-four, 
being  the  North-west  Corner  of  the  Pine  Timber  Lot  so  called,  thence  North 
Eleven  Degrees  East  four  hundred  Rods  to  the  South  Line  of  the  second  Addi- 
tional Grant,  or  Chesterfield  Gore,  thence  West  to  the  first  mentioned  Bounds,  be 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  247 

and  hereby  is  incorporated  into  a  separate  Town  by  the  name  of  Goshan  with  all 
the  Powers,  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  Towns  within  this.  Commonwealth 
have,  or  do  enjoy. 

And  be  it  further  enacted  that  Jacob  Sherwin,  E?q.,  be  and  hereby  is  empowered 
to  issue  his  warrant  to  some  principal  Inhabitant  of  said  Plantation  requiring  him 
lo  call  a  n^eeting  of  said  Inhabitants  in  Order  to  choose  such  Officers  as  by  Law 
Towns  are  empowered  to  choose  in  the  month  of  March  annually — provided 
nevertheless  the  Inhabitants  of  that  part  of  the  first  Additional  Grant  which  are 
included  in  the  Town  of  Chesterfield  shall  pay  their  proportionable  part  of  all  such 
State  and  County  Taxes,  and  Town  Taxes  so  far  as  respects  the  raising  of 
Men  and  Supplys  for  the  Continental  army  as  are  already  set  upon  them  by  the 
Town  of  Chesterfield  in  like  manner  as  though  this  Act  had  not  been  made — 

In  the  House  of  Representatives,  May  14,  1781.  This  Bill  having  had  three 
several  readings  passed  to  be  enacted. 

CALEB  DAVIS  Speaker. 

In  Senate,  May  14,  1781.  ' 

This  Bill  having  had  two  several  readings  passed  to  be  enacted. 

JEREMIAH  POWELL,  Preset. 
Approved, 

JOHN  HANCOCK. 
A  true  Copy, 
Attest— 
JOHN  AVERY,  Secy. 


248  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 


Biograi^liieal. 


'ihe  following  obituary  notice  of  a  native  of  this  towa  is  from  the  Marittta  (Ohio) 
Register  of  Feb.  1 2,  i8So. 

Died  in  Fairfield,  Feb.  10th,  John  J).  Chamberlain,  aged  90  years  and  5  months. 

John  Dresser  Chamberlain  was  born  at  Goshen,  Hampshire  comity.  3Iassa('hnsetts,Sept. 
10,  1789.  Hi.-;  father  was  the  foui'teenth  ciiild  whose  name  was  Asa,  and  tlie  name  is  wide- 
ly disseminated.  The  subjeetof  this  sketch  <'ame  on  foot  across  tlie  mouniains  and  landed 
at  Waterford,  this  county,  March,  1811.  Me  t;iu,i;ht  scliool  at,  Adams.  (Cat's  Creek,)  Water- 
ford  and  Amesville.  He  enlisted  in  the  war  of  iHli,  and  was  lionorabiv  discliarged  at  its 
close  in  1814.  He  w^as  near  Sandusky  in  hearing  of  the  battle  on  the  lalce  wliich  resulted  in 
Perry's  victory.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  clocks  at  Cincinnati  with 
Luman  Watson,  under  the  firm  name  of  Watson  &  Chamberlain.  He  afterwai-ds  returned 
to  his  farm  in  Wooster  (now  Watertown),  Avhere  he  spent  most  of  his  long  and  useful  life. 
He  held  many  ofiices  of  trust  and  alwa>  s  discharged  liis  duties  honestly.  He  was  CJunty 
Commissioner  from  1884  to  1840,  serving  with  Robert  Iv.  Kwart,  Daniel  H.  Buell  and  Wil- 
liam Dana.  In  politics  he  was  an  anti-siavei-y  \Vliig  and  ardent  Rei)ublican,  and,  while 
always  a  law-abiding  citizen,  he  never  turned  fi-om  bis  door  a  hungry  humanbeing,  though 
forbidden  by  an  odious  law  of  Congress  to  feed  the  hungry  slave  lleeing  fnnn  s('r\  itude. 
He  reared  a  large  family  and  was  the  kindest  of  parents,  fondly  devoted  to  those  of  his  kin 
and  ready  to  labor  incessantly  for  their  welfare.  Though  of  a  strong  will  he  was  a  man  of 
tender  sympathies,  and  human  suflfering  moved  him  as  it  does  a  child.  He  defended  what 
he  conceived  to  be  his  rights  with  an  unconquerable  devotion,  but  asked  nothing  for  him- 
self that  he  did  not  concede  to  others.  For  many  yeai's  he  had  lived  in  the  past,  recounting 
the  incidents  of  his  life,  and  of  the  lives  of  those  with  whom  he  had  associated,  with  great 
pleasure.  Those  who  stood  Avith  him  in  his  pioneer  life  have  l)een  swept  down  by  tlie 
ruthless  hand  of  time,  and  now  the  lone  sentinel  at  the  ripe  age  of  fourscore  and  ten  has 
laid  down  his  burden  to  meet  them.  His  funeral  will  take  place  to-day,  from  the  residence 
of  C  H.  Goddard,  his  son  in-law,  in  Fairfield. 


Tlev.  Joseph  Stone  Burgess. 

The  early  part  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Burgess'  life,  was  spent  on  his  father's  farm  in  Go- 
shen, Mass.  His  older  brothers,  Benjamin  and  Frederick,  having  left  home,  his 
father  depended  largely  on  Joseph,  in  carrying  on  the  farm,  and  entrusted  much  to 
his  care.  Immediately  following  his  father's  death,  which  occurred  when  Joseph 
was  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  assumed  with  his  mother,  the  entire  responsibility 
of  conducting  the  interests  of  the  farm,  which  were  considerable,  and  were  made 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  249 

quite  successful.  At  eighteen  he  was  appointed  in  connection  with  his  mother,  ad- 
ministrator of  the  estate  left  by  his  father,  and  guardian  of  four  minor  children, 
George,  Sarah,  Lucretia  and  Silas.  The  duties  of  this  office  were  faithfully  dis- 
charged, and  approved  by  the  Court.  About  this  time,  he  became  very  anxious  to 
obtain  an  education  superior  to  what  could  be  acquired  at  the  schools  in  Goshen, 
especially  at  that  time. 

In  April  of  the  following  year,  he  left  Goshen  on  foot  with  a  few  books  and  need 
ed  clothing,  for  the  purpose  of  fitting  for  college  at  Andover,  Mass.  Finding  the 
expenses  here  too  great  for  his  limited  means,  he  soon  left  Andover  for  Shelburne 
Falls  Academy,  an  institution  established  on  the  "Manual  Labor  System,"  to  aid 
indigent  students.  Here  he  was  provided  with  instruction,  and  labored  daily  three 
hours  to  pay  for  his  board,  rising  each  morning  at  four  o'clock.  His  industry  and 
studious  habits  secured  good  health  and  proficiency  in  his  studies.  Here  he  re- 
mained three  years  and  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  assistant  in  mathematics, 

under  Prof.  Brown. 

Several  young  men  of  Goshen  followed  his  example,  and  soon  entered  the  Acad- 
emy. Among  the  number  were  his  brother  George,  F.  W.  Lyman,  Levi  L.  Pierce 
and  H.  Orcutt.  During  hislonnection  with  the  Academy,  he  taught  winter  schools 
in  Goshen,  Ashfield  and  Shelburne.  Some  of  these  were  large  and  difficult,  but  he 
won  commendatory  reports  from  the  committees,  for  his  efficient  services.  He  was 
subsequently  engaged  for  eight  years  in  teaching  in  New  Jersey.  While  residing 
in  that  state  he  was  delegate  to  the  State  Educational  Convention  at  Trenton, 
where  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  discussion  of  important  educational  ques- 
tions then  before  the  public. 

In  1844,  he  was  delegate  to  the  Whig  State  Convention  at  Trenton.  He  took  a 
very  active  and  earnest  part,  by  frequent  addresses  and  by  circulation  of  documents 
and  newspapers,  advocating  the  election  of  Henry  Clay  for  President. 

Towards  the  last  of  his  residence  in  N.  J.,  he  read  law  in  the  office  of  Mr.  Alex- 
ander of  Princeton,  and  expected  to  have  made  the  legal  profession  his  life  work. 
Subsequently  pecuniary  matters  took  him  to  Boston,  Mass.,  when  Keligions  Im- 
J>ressions  so  wrought  upon  his  mind  as  to  entirely  change  the  whole  tenor  of  his 
life  and  labors.  These  impressions  dating  back  to  early  religious  meetings  in  Go- 
shen, under  the  labors  of  Rev.  Mr.  Noyse  of  the  C  ongregational  church;  the  piety 
and  faithfulness  of  his  parents,  his  brother  Frederick,  and  sister  Maria,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Boardman;  strengthened  by  Baptists  and  Methodists  of  Ashfield,  were  consum- 
mated at  last  in  Boston,  much  through  the  influence  of  his  oldest  brother  Benjamin 
and  wife.  Here  he  decided  to  be  a  Christian,  and  to  preach  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
to  the  best  of  his  ability.  He  immediately  gave  up  his  business  and  worldly  plans, 
and  entered  at  once  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Whitestown,  N.  Y.,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Free  Baptist  denomination,  in  due  time  becoming  a  member  of  the 
church  and  ordained  minister  in  the  denomination  of  Free  Baptists.  When  about 
leaving  the  Seminary  at  W.,  Mr.  B.  received  a  call  to  settle  over  the  Free  Baptist 
-church  at  West  Waterville,  Maine.  His  labors  here  were  attended  with  a  very  in- 
teresting outpouring  of  the  Divine  Spirit,  adding  some  sixty  persons  to  the  church. 
Here  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Laura  A.  Gage,  a  relation  which  has 
been  most  happily  continued  to  the  present  time. 

In  1848,  Mr.  Burgess  received  and  accepted  a  unanimous  call  to  the  pastorate  of 


250  HISTORY  OF  goshe:n^. 

the  Free  Baptist  church  of  Lewiston,  Maine.  Here  his  labors  were  continued  12 
years,  during  which  time,  several  religious  awakenings  were  enjoyed,  resulting  in 
large  additions  to  the  church.  He  also  rendered  very  important  aid  in  the  erection 
of  a  large  and  beautiful  house  of  worship.  He  served  also  as  Superintendent  of  the 
public  schools.  Returning  to  Lewiston  after  an  absence  of  eight  years,  he  estab- 
lished a  second  Free  Baptist  church,  building  a  meeting-house  and  adding  many 
members  during  his  seven  years  of  pastoral  work.  The  additions  to  both  churches 
during  his  pastorates  of  twenty  years  were  nearly  seven  hundred  souls. 

During  Mr.  Burgess'  whole  ministry  he  has  firmly  maintained  an  anti-slavery 
and  temperance  position,  sometimes  at  a  loss  of  place  and  means  of  support. 
From  principle  he  has  vigorously  defended  the  poor  and  oppressed,  and  lifted  up 
his  voice  emphatically  against  all  N'atwnal  sins.  He  has  been  settled  over  import- 
ant churches  at  Bangor,  Me.;  Haverhill,  Mass.;  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vt.,  and  has  been  often  engaged  in  raising  large  sums  of  money,  in  payment 
of  burdensome  church  debts.  He  has  served  several  times  as  delegate  to  the  F.  B, 
General  Conference;  and  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Home  Missi©n  Society, 
travelling  extensively  West  and  South,  raising  funds  and  aiding  in  church  building. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  founders  of  the  Maine  State  Seminary,  now  Bates  Col- 
lege, of  Lewiston,  Me.,  and  was  eight  years  President  of  the  Bward  of  Overseers  of 
the  College.  He  has  for  many  years  been  correspondent  of  several  newspapers. 
His  public  addresses  and  sermons  upon  various  important  occasions,  have  been 
published  and  commended.  Mr.  B.  has  joined  several  hundred  in  marriage,  besides 
attending  very  many  funerals  ;  and  has  been  uninterruptedly  engaged  in  the  Chris- 
tian ministry  35  years. 


Personal  Beminiscences  by  Levi  L.  Fierce' 

Circumstances  over  which  I  had  no  control,  prevented  my  being  born  in  Goshen,, 
but  I  went  there  to  live  in  1824,  when  only  eight  years  old — on  the  19th  of  April,  a 
day  memorable  in  the  history  of  New  England— a  day  when  in  the  streets  of  Con- 
cord. "The  embattled  farmers  stood  and  fired  the  shot  heard  round  the  world."  I 
lived  with  my  uncle.  Col.  Timothy  Lyman,  a  farmer  residing  in  the  north  district  of 
the  town.  He  owned  some  three  hundred  acres  of  land,  of  average  quality  for  that 
part  of  the  country,  having  stones  enough  on  the  surface  to  fence  it  into  five  acre 
lots,  with  walls  five  feet  high.  He  was  a  thrifty  farmer,  and  here  I  learned  the  ru- 
diments of  farming,  which  I  have  never  regretted,  51s  it  brought  me  in  close  com- 
munion with  nature,  and  laid  a  slow  but  sure  foundation  for  success  in  after  life. 

Fred.  W.  Lyman,  a  cousin  of  mine,  and  of  about  the  same  age,  lived  half  a  mile- 
distant.  We  were  always  warm,  intimate  friends  and  companions,  and  attended" 
school  in  the  old  red  school  house,  and  always  occupied  the  same  seat  in  the  north- 
west corner  of  the  school-room.  There  we  studied  Peter  Parley's  geography,  and 
learned,  "The  earth  is  round,  and  like  a  ball  seems  swinging  in  the  air."  We  also- 
studied  reading,  writing,  arithmetic,  and  the  studies  generally  taught  in  district 
schools  in  those  days.  I  don't  know  as  there  was  anything  vicious  in  our  natures, but 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEX.  '251 

we  were  disposed  to  have  a  good  deal  of  fun,  both  in  and  out  of  school  hours.  Wc 
generally  managed  to  escape  punishment,  but  occasionally  would  go  so  far  as  to  be 
brought  up  with  a  round  turn  and  a  smart  application  of  birch.  As  a  sample  of  our 
tricks  in  school,  I  will  name  one:  A  boy  we  will  call  Roger,  sat  on  a  seat  in  line 
of  ours,  but  some  eight  feet  distant.  We  beckoned  him  to  move  up  toward  us,  in- 
timating we  had  something  to  give  him.  Just  as  he  had  managed  to  get  near  us, 
without  the  teacher,  noticing  him,  we  would  scream  out  at  the  top  of  our  voices, 
''Roger  is  here!"  That  would  startle  the  whole  school,  and  the  teacher  would  ex- 
claim ''What's  the  matter  jtcnuV  and  coming  to  the  scene  of  the  tumult,  we  would 
say,  ''Just  as  we  were  busy  at  work  on  a  hard  sum,  Roger  came  and  bothered  us." 
The  result  was,  Roger  was  taken  by  the  ear  and  marched  into  the  middle  of  the 
floor,  there  to  stand  for  half  an  hour  to  be  pointed  at  as  a  warning  to  others.  Did 
space  permit,  I  would  speak  of  spelling  schools,  militia  trainings,  and  musters.  At 
the  first  muster  I  attended,  my  uncle  gave  me  twenty-five  cents  for  spending  money, 
and  Aunt  H.^nnah  said,  "Now,  Levi,  don't  spend  it  foolishly."  But  long  before  the 
day  was  over  it  had  all  gone  for  ginger-bread  and  firecrackers,  mostly  for  ginger- 
bread. I  went  to  meeting  regularly  every  Sunday  in  the  once  yellow  old  meeting- 
house on  the  common.  Rev.  Mr.  Wright  was  the  minister.  I  doubt  not  he  was  a 
good  man  in  the  usual  acceptance  of  the  term,  and  has  long  since  "gone  up  higher." 
*  *  *  But  to  my  mind  a  brighter  day  is  dawning— a  day  that  will 

brush  away  the  cobwebs  of  Dogmatic  Theology,  and  usher  in  the  Christianity  of 
Christ— a  Christianity  broad  as  the  world  and  whose  membership  shall  embrace  the 
whole  family  of  man.  Then  will  come  the  true  millennium,  when  the  lion  and  the 
lamb  can  lie  down  together,  without  the  lamb  being  compelled  to  lie  inside  the  lion. 
In  i8;{i,  soon  after  the  death  of  my  uncle,  I  went  to  live  with  Mr.  Benj.  White, 
where  I  remained  until  I  was  twenty-one.  In  1840,  I  went  to  Southport,  now  Ke- 
nosha, Wis.,  and  since  then  my  life  has  been  somewhat  checkered.  In  1848,  I  be- 
came acquainted  with  P.  T.  Barnum,  Esq.,  the  great  show  man,  and  was  in  his 
employ  the  most  of  the  time  for  twelve  years,  travelling  with  Jenny  Lind,  the  Chi- 
nese family,  and  for  two  years,  1850-51,  as  treasurer  and  ticket  seller  lor  his  great 
travelling  American  museum  and  menagerie.  Dec.  10,  1S56,  I  sailed  on  the  steamer 
Persia,  in  company  with  Gen.  Tom  Thumb,  as  his  treasurer  and  ticket  seller,  for 
an  extended  tour  of  Europe.  I  found  the  General  a  very  genial,  companionable, 
generous  little  man.  The  exhibition  proved  a  financial  success,  he  appearing  daily 
before  large  audiences,  including  crowned  heads  and  heads  not  crowned.  On  the 
loth  of  Feb.,  1863,  I  had  the  pleasure  of  attending  the  marriage  of  General  Tom 
Thumb  and  Miss  Loviena  Warren,  at  Grace  church.  New  York.  The  wedding  at 
the  church  and  reception  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel  were  very  elegant.  I  accom- 
panied the  General  and  wife  on  their  wedding  trip  to  Washington,  and  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  1 2th,  by  special  invitation  of  President  Lincoln  and  his  wife,  we  spent 
two  hours  at  the  White  House.  There  were  present  several  members  of  Congress,, 
and  in  passing  into  the  East  Room,  Mr.  Lincoln  said  to  the  little  General,  "You  go 
ahead,  I  would  rather  ioWow  you  than  many  Generals  I  have  in  the  army."  Becom- 
ing tired  of  the  shmu  business  I  engaged  in  the  shoe  business  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y,, 
where  I  was  quite  successful.     In  1870,  with  my  wife,  Mr.  Barnum,  and  an  English 


252  HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 

friend,  I  took  a  pleasure  trip  to  California,  via  Union  Pacific  R.  R.,  visiting  the 
Yosemite  valley,  and  many  other  interesting  places,  all  enjoying  it  highly,  p'or  the 
past  ten  years  I  have  been  a  semi-invalii.  1  bought  a  home,  and  am  now  living  in 
the  pleasant  village  of  Greenfield,  Mass.  surrounded  by  the  kindest  of  relatives  and 
friends,  with  all  my  needed  wants  supplied.  Here  I  intend  to  remain  until  called 
to  fairer  fields  and  pastures  new,  on  the  other  side  of  Jordan, 

L.  L.  Pierce. 


Sketclies  ortlie  Centeimial  Committee. 


Alvan  Barrus,  son  of  Levi,  chairman  of  the  committee,  was  born  in  1831,  the 
the  semi-centennial  year  of  the  town,  lie  has  always  resided  in  this  town,  and 
taken  an  active  interest  in  every  thing  that  pertains  to  its  welfare.  As  one  of  the 
town  officers,  he  has  borne  his  full  share  of  labor.  He  was  commissioned  as  Justice 
of  the  Peace  in  1867,  and  is  the  only  Justice  now  resident  in  the  town.  He  has 
frequently  been  engaged  in  various  public  duties,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature in  1879.  Devoting  himself  to  a  careful  study  of  the  questions  coming  before 
the  House,  he  made  several  short  but  effective  speeches,  by  which  he  won  an  hon- 
orable standing  among  his  fellow  legislators.  His  aid  was  often  sought  in  drafting 
and  advocating  bills  introduced  by  other  members.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  County  Estimates. 

A  paper  referring  to  the  bill  for  amending  the  game  laws,  said,  it  was  "discussed 
with  no  little  spirit.  Mr.  Barrus  of  Goshen  was  the  champion  of  the  bill  in  the 
interest  of  the  farmers,  and  cudgelled  some  of  the  lawyers  and  city  sportsmen  who 
had  taken  occasion  to  speak  lightly  of  his  calling,  in  a  way  that  won  for  him  the 
sympathy  and  approval  of  even  those  who  opposed  the  measure.  It  was  the  first 
time  Mr.  Barrus  had  spoken  upon  the  floor,  but  the  professional  debaters  will  not 
oire  to  shak'=  him  up  again." 

The  Boston  Traveller,  in  commenting  upon  the  prominent  members  of  the 
House,  classed  Mr.  Barrus  *'  among  the  men  who  have  made  the  session  of  the 
Massachusetts  Legislature  of  1879,  memorable." 

His  record  as  a  member  of  the  First  Mass.  Cavalry  in  the  civil  war  may  be  found 
on  a  previous  page. 

He  is  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  for  1881-2. 

George  Dresser,  Secretary  of  the  Committee,  son  of  Moses,  resides  on  the  ancient 
laomestead  of  the  family,  where  he  was  born  and  has  always  dwelt,  except  for  a  few 
years  spent  in  New  Jersey,  and  in  trade  in  St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y.  Educated 
in  the  common  and  select  schools,  and  at  the  Academy  in  New  Salem,  he  was  for 


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CENTENNIAL    COMMITTEE. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEX.  253 

some  years  a  successful  teacher,  and  has  often  acceptably  served  as  one  of  the 
School  Committee  of  the  town.  He  is  one  of  the  deacons  of  the  church,  for  which 
he  has  peculiar  qualifications,  and  has  served  on  the  Board  of  Parish  Assessors^ 
and  also  as  one  of  the  Selectmen  and  Assessors  of  the  town. 

Hiram  Packard,  Treasurer  of  the  Conmiittee,  son  of  Willard,  born  i8r6,  has 
always  been  a  resident  here  ;  always  true  to  his  convictions  of  right  and  duty; 
always  doing  his  full  share,. pecuniarily,  in  sustaining  church  and  parish;  never 
"  signing  off,"  because  something  had  been  done  of  which  he  did  not  approve.  He 
has  done  frequent  official  service  for  town  and  parish,  and  was  tendered  the  diaco- 
nate  of  the  church,  whichhe  declined.  He  represented  his  district  in  the  Legisla- 
ture of  1873.  Farming  is  his  chosen  calling,  and  of  late  years,  in  company  with  his 
son,  Edward  C,  and  Lorin  Barrus,  he  has  been  experimenting  with  varied  success 
in  the  culture  of  Fish,  their  latest  effort  being  with  carp  imported  from  Germany 
by  the  U.  S.  government.  He  is  one  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  and  Assessors  for 
1881-2. 

Lieut.  Timothy  P.  Lyman,  son  of  Capt.  Francis,  born  1834,  was  brought  up  on 
the  original  Lyman  homestead,  where  he  still  resides.  Possessing  the  loyal  and 
military  spirit  of  his  ancestors,  he  early  enlisted  in  the  First  Mass.  Cavalry,  and 
was  with  the  regiment  at  Hilton  Head,  also  in  most  of  its  engagements  around 
Richmond,  and  was  there  at  its  fall.  He  was  acting  Quartermaster  of  the  regiment, 
being  promoted  from  private  to  First  I>ieutenant.  Re-enlisting,  he  remained  in 
the  army  to  the  close  of  the  w\ir.  After  his  return  home  he  was  appointed  Deputy 
State  Constable,  which  office  he  held  till  the  law  creating  the  force  was  repealed. 
He  has  served  upon  the  Board  of  Selectmen  and  Assessors  of  the  town. 

John  H.  Godfrey,  son  of  Henrv  r..  \nnn  1842,  worked  upon  the  farm  till  the 
breakin<r  out  of  the  Rebellion,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  52d  Mass.  Regiment,  and 
was  at  the  capture  of  Port  Hudson.  After  the  close  of  the  war,  he  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  with  his  uncle  Anson,  in  Northampton,  for  a  few  years,  and 
then  bought  the  store  in  Goshen  which  he  now  occupies.  He  has  done  a  success- 
ful business,  besides  serving  his  fellow  citizens  as  Town -Treasurer  and   Selectman. 

Deacon  Theron  L.  Barrus,  son  of  Levi,  has  long  been  identified  with  the  civil, 
educational  and  religious  interests  of  the  town.  He  has  served  the  church,  parish, 
and  town,  in  various  official  positions  for  an  extended  period  with  conscientious 
fidelity,  and  with  general  acceptance.  He  taught  school  for  several  terms,  and  has 
often  served  as  one  of  the  School  Committee.     His  chief  pursuit  is  farming. 

Alonzo  Shaw,  son  of  Ebenezer  &i  Cummington,born  1819,  is  one  of  the  substan- 
tial yeomanry  of  the  town,  shrewd,  honest,  and  a  good  manager  in  business  affairs. 
He  has  shown  that  intelligent  farming  on  thejiill  towns  will  pay,  and  has  given 
substantial  evidence  by  adding  largely  to  his  buildings  and  his  acres,  and  doubtless 
to  his  revenues.  He  has  often  served  the  town  as  one  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen 
and  Assessers,  and  in  other  important  positions,  lie  is  cousin  to  Fayette  Shaw, 
one  of  the  foremost  and  wealthiest  leather  merchants  in  Boston. 

He  is  re-elected  for  188 1-2  on  the  l^oard  of  Selectmen  and  Assessors. 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 


255 


INDEX. 


Abell  Family,  133. 
Benjamin,  24,  71,  95. 
Carrie  P.,  75. 
George,  37,  63,  91,  92. 
George  A.,  105. 
Joshua,  12, 17,  19,  24,  38,  64,  72,  95,  119,  133 

207. 
Nathaniel,23,  24,67,  95. 
Versal,  60. 

William,  28,  30,  26,  63,  72,  91,  92. 
Adams,  Rev.  George,  49. 
Albro,  69. 
Allen. 
Bennet,  69,  76. 
Philip,  24, 116. 
Rev.  Timothy,  45. 
Alison. 

Rev.  Robert  C,  62,  74. 
Alvord. 

Isaac,  69. 
Amadon,  134. 
Ansel,  66. 
Ebenezer,  70. 
AXDERSOX,  Capt.,  64. 
Baker  Family,  207. 
Andrew,  67. 
Martha,  62. 
Ball,  Warren,  103. 
Benjamin  G.,  13. 
Bardwell  Family,  134, 5. 
Elijah,  59,  60,  62,  71. 
Rev.  Horatio,  48,  55,  56,  62. 
Jeremiah  H.,  134. 
Laura,  59,  62. 
Rhoda,  62. 
Selah,  36,  71. 
Barker,  Rev.  Joseph,  18,  42. 
Banister  Family,  134. 
Abiel,  42. 
Barzillai,  11,  14,  17,  18,  21,  22,  23,*  36,  92. 

*    Major  not  INIay. 


Christopher,  11,12,  13,  17,  18,  21,  35,  36,  42, 

70,  96. 
Deborah,  42. 
Joseph,  42. 
John,  11. 

Lemuel,  11,  17, 18, 19,  22,  24,  36,  42,  70,  92. 

Mary,  42. 

Sophia,  79. 

William,  11,  70. 
Barr.  Col.  Asa,  64. 
Barrows 
Barrus  Family,  138-142. 

Alvan,  33,  34,  35,  38,  39,  40,  63,  69,  76,  82,  104, 
208. 

Charles,  35,  63,  69,  103. 

George,  140,  208. 

Hiram,  37,  38,  40,  6J,  68,  69,  71,  74,  75,  76,  88. 

Levi,30,  31,32,  33,  68,  69. 

Patience,  208. 

Theron  L.,  35,  51,  63,  69,  74,  76. 

Lorin,  39,  63,  69,  104. 
Bartlett,  William,  69. 
Bascom,  Rev.  Aaron,  45. 
Bass  ett,  Silas,  23, 

Joseph,  155-6. 
Bates  Family,  207. 

Gershom,  66. 

Hudson,  93. 

Levi,  91. 

Nathaniel,  66. 
Beals  Family,  142,  207-8. 

Adam,  13,  21,  23. 

Adam,  Jr.,  23. 

Daniel,  70,  207. 

David,  70. 

Dexter,  69,  207-8. 

Enoch,  23,  71. 

Joseph,  39,  6!',  89,  105,207. 

William,  24. 
Beeke,  Richard,  120. 
Belden,  Fred.  W.,  79. 


256 


HISTORY    or    GOSIIEX. 


Beswick,  Kvertoii,  l.'J. 
Btgelow. 

,!(>hn,]l. 

Capt. ,  (Ji),  88. 

Natlian,  C!). 
r.ii.LiNcs  Family,  137-8. 

Asahel,  28,  80,  36,  37,  39,  40 

Elijah,35,  .51,(53,  (54,  7-2,  90. 

.Fred  S.,  34,  3"),  103. 

Bis  UK E,  Rev.  J.  H.,  49. 

B18SELL,  JohnH.,  107. 

Blake  Family,  13")-! J. 

Joseph,  11,  7-2,  13.-). 

Silas,  13(). 
B()Ain).MAX,Rev.  Win.  .).,  48,  7r>. 
BODMAN,  William,  19. 
Boies,  Sanford,  (57. 
BouKN,  Benjamin,  13,  23,  70. 
BoLTWOOl),  Rev.  Lucius  M.,  (52. 
BiiArKEiT  Family, 208. 

Ezra,  71. 

Bradford. ,  74. 

Brayman,  SamuL'i,  72. 
Bridgman,  Edward,  33,  S3. 

Sidney  E.,  122. 

"E.  P.B.,"210. 
Briggs,  Rev.  James,  4.). 
Browx  Family,  13"). 

Rev.  Benj.  F.,  .-)7.  239. 

Champion,  71. 

Daniel,  11,  18,  21,  23,  42,  71,  102. 

Dorcas,  42. 

Greenwood,  23,  121,  13."). 

Joseph,  13,  (58. 

Josiah,  13. 

Judith,  42. 

Thomas,  11,  1 
135. 
Bryant. 

Caleb,  (5(5,  96. 

Eli,  93,  114. 

Patrick,  30. 

Dr.  Peter,  84. 
BrcKiNGilAM,  Jed.,  23,  71. 

BriiGESS  Family,  136-7. 

Dr.  Benjamin,  11,  If,  18, 
71,84,120. 

Benjamin  F.,  137. 

Rev.  Frederick  W.,.-)7. 

George  M.,74. 

I5ev.  Josei)h  S.,  .")7,  74,  2 I.- 
Mercy, 74. 

Silas,  30,  71,  121. 
Buck,  Isaac,  13. 
BURK,  Wait,  96. 
Bi  ifNELL,  Thomas 


d,(53,  64,  90. 


18,  21.2.-).  .36,  41,  42,71,  112, 


>4.    (Correction.) 


Kiuffsley  A.,  134. 
Bush,  Joseph,  68. 
BiSHNELL,  Rev.  Dr.,  64. 
nuTLER,  Solomon,  71. 
i;viN(.TO\,  Rev.  INIr.,  59. 
C  A  N  M  N  ( i ,  Ed  ward  W.  B . ,  74. 
Carpenter  Family,  143. 

Cyril,  51. 

David,  69,  75,  208. 

Edwin  A.,  71,  83. 

Ezra,  63,  70,  118. 

Richard,  143. 
Carrithehs,  Rev.  William,  62. 
(  All H  AIM'.  Gershom,  38. 

Oliver  T..  28.     ' 
Chambeklain,  Asa,  23,  248. 

John  D.,  248. 
Ciieever. 

Grace,  47. 

Ezekiel,  47,  57. 
Child,  Rev.  Isaac,  67. 
Guilds,  Dr.,  84. 
Clark. 

Edjvard,51. 

Josiah,  13. 

Rev.  Lewis  F.,  74. 

O.P.,79. 
Cole,  Ansel,  88. 

EbCnezer,  13. 
CoLSON,  Adam,  151. 
Coney,  Dr.  F:ilis,  37,  84. 
CONVIORSE,  Edward,  13. 

CORBIN. 

Ezekiel,  10,  22,  88. 
COWEN,  Prince,  13. 
Co^vLE8  Family,  143. 

Amasa,  72. 

Jabez,  13. 

Simeon,  72.  ' 

Cox,  James,  13. 
Crafts,  Albert  w.,  82. 
Cranston,  168,  215. 
Crittenden,  Amos,  13. 
Crosby,  Joseph,  67. 
Grossett,  Rev.  Robert,  48,  75,  76. 

Rev.  J.  Fislier,  .57. 
Curtis,  Zach.,  13. 
CisHMAN  Family,  142-3. 

Caleb,  14,  23,  61.  (i9. 

Calvin,.59,  (;0,  (Jl,(;4,  74. 

Minerva,  (50. 

Solomon,  143. 

Rev.  Ralph,  .58,  209. 

Rev.  Ruf us,  .57,  74. 

Vesta,  61. 

Wealthy,  61. 


HISTOKY    OF    GOSHEN. 


257 


Dadmun. 

Marshal,  10,  72. 
Damon  Fa^iily,  144, 

Abner,  23,  66-7-8,  211. 

Gershom,  103. 

.Tared,  67-8, 

Marlon,  67-8,  71. 

Robert,  13. 

William,  13. 
Daaves,  Charles  H,,  106-7, 

Dry  den,  69. 

Hon,  Henry  L,,  136, 

Joseph  H,,  106, 

Mrs,  Pamelia,  121. 
DOKR,  George,  23. 
Dresser  Family,  144-5,  210. 

Rev.  Amos,  60,  61. 

Albert  B.,  m,  210. 

Caleb  C,  38,  64,  72,  88,  91,  121, 209-10. 

Francis,  36,  37. 

George,    34,    38,  51,  61,  6§,  72,  74,  75,  7( 
252-3. 

George  C,  34,  76. 

Hannah,  62. 

Levi,  72,  210. 

Moses,  11,  21,  36,  61,  72,  115. 

Reuben,  11,  12,  14,  21,  22,  24,  :5(!,  37,  38, 
6;^,  72,8:^,88,  {)2,  111. 

Sophia  B.,  62,  210. 

DWIOHT. 

Josiah,  19. 

Dr.  Wm.  C,  84. 
DVER,  Rev.  Anson,  60. 
Edwards,  Sar-ah,  120. 
Elwell,  Moses,  69. 
EwEM.  Consider,  93. 
Fisher,  Rev,  Wm,,  6j, 
FiSK,  Rev,  Pliny,  .55, 
Fowler,  Rev,  Abram,  18,  44, 
Frary, 

Capt,,  64, 

Electa, 54. 
Fuller  Family,  145. 

Doctor,  84. 

John,28,  67,  69. 

Nathan,  69. 
Gaoe,  Sanford,75. 
Gardner,  Levi,  144. 

Reuben,  37, 144. 

Gar  DEL, ,  211. 

Gates,  Wid.  Mary,  23. 
Gere,  Henry  S.,  124,  188. 
Gibus,  Lewis,  93. 
Gloyd,  Jacob,  70. 

Zenas,  70. 
Godfrey,  Anson  W.,  106. 


210, 


Henry  T.,  71, 120. 

John  H.,  34,  5,  8,  9,  63,  107. 

John  L.,  80. 

Wm.  A.,  82. 
Gould,  S.  J.,  67,  71. 
Grant  Family,  145-6. 

Asa,  11,  71,  96. 

Christopher,  13,  21,  42,  71. 

Elizabeth,  24,  42. 

John,  35,  6,  7,  8,  9,  71,  4,  5,  92,  101,  121,  211. 
Graves,  Downing  W.,  83. 
Grimes  Family,  146. 

James,  23,  5. 

Mary  41. 

Sanmel,  22,  70. 

Widow,  23. 
Grover  Family,  146. 

Stephen,  23,  71. 
Gilbert,  Rev.  W.  H.,  49. 
Guilford,  Chauncy,  72. 
GURNEY,  Lysander,  90. 

Spencer,  90, 
GusTiN,  Joel,  70 
Halbert,  James,  23. 

John,  13. 

Nathan,  23. 

Widow,  71. 
Hallock  Family,  146-7. 

Abigail,  62. 

Alse, 41. 

Jeremiah,  41,  4,  52,  3,  4,  96. 

Moses,  54. 

William  11, 18,  54,  62,  71,  96, 119. 
Hamilton,  Thomas,  18,  9,  69. 
Hamlin,  Theron,  79. 

Alden,  79. 
Hawks  Family,  147. 

Amos,  10,  70. 

Eleazer,  70. 

Electa,  62. 

Dr.  Erastus,  84. 

Fannie  E.,  75,  6,  &3. 

Jared,  29,  70,1,81,2. 

Joseph,  63,  4,  70,  80,  2,  3,  93, 121. 

Julia,  211,  2,     ; 
I  Rodney,  67,  70,  89. 
Hawley,  Maj.  Joseph,  1.51, 
Hayden,  Elisha  H.,  39. 

Henry,  72.         '' 

Joel,  62. 

Josiah,  62. 

Nelson,  71. 
HiGGlNS,  Simeon,  13. 
Hinsdale,  Rhod^,  120. 
HOLMAN,  Rev.  Sidney,  49,  50, 76. 

Myra,  74. 


258 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN^. 


Th>s.  S.,  107. 
Hopkins,  Dr.  Lewis  S.,  122. 
HOSFOK  ),  Arart,  28. 

Stephen,  G7,  71. 
Howes,  Reuben,  23. 

Zechar'ah,  60. 
Hubbard,  Alexis  K.,  108. 

CalvHi  A .,  108. 

Dan J el,  69. 

Fred.  A.,  108. 

Hollon,  120. 

I?ev.  Wni.,  10,  07. 
Hughes,  102. 
HExJT  Family,  147-3. 

Ebenezer,  79. 

John  v.,  6it. 

Lowell,  90. 

Susie  P.,  75. 

Geo.  S.,  212. 
HUTCHINS,  Dr.,  81. 
James  Family,  148,  212-3. 

Enoch,  28. 

John,  21,  3,  5,  33,  70,  80. 

Lvther,  212. 

Malachi,  ";3,  9, 30,  3,  70,  92. 

Moses,  23,  70. 
Jenkins,  Jacob,  64. 

Leonard,  69. 
Jei'SON  Family,  149. 

Francis,  33. 

Forrace,  69,  71. 

John,  22,  3,  69,  96. 

Joseph,  r8,  96. 

Micah,  23. 

C'^-eJ,  69  92. 
Jewell,  Aaron,  1^. 

Nathaniel,  63. 
JONES,  ATved,  75,  83. 

Capt.  Lewis,  69. 

WiHia^n,21,  C2. 
Joy  Family,  164. 

Cyrus,  164. 

Julia  A.,  16^. 
Jdciiau,  llev.  Geo.,  50. 
Kellogg,  Daniel,  23. 

George.  71. 

Jennie  E.,  49. 

Ruby,  62. 

Stephen,  23,  93. 
Keen,  Phil  p,  70. 
Kbyes,  Rev.  Calvin,  67. 
Kid,  Charles,  14. 
KILBURN,  Rev.  Josiah,  41,  2. 
KING  Family,  149. 

Paul,  95. 

Robert,  149. 


Kingman  Family,  14£-150. 

Isaac,  23,  68,  96. 

Levi,  89. 

Reuben,  90. 

Hon.  RichTOond  P.,  149 
Kingsbury,  Rev.  Cyrus,  60. 
Kinney,  Co).,  30. 
KiRKLAND,  Ha.  »^ey,  64. 

John,  J 7. 
KiTTREDGE,  Dr.  Jol  i,  23. 
Knowlton. 

Joshua,  38,  82. 

Madison,  1  '0. 
Lamb,  Mrs.  Martba  J.,  157-9. 
Lazell,  Edmund,  93. 
LEACH. 

Cyrel,  70. 

Samuel,  13. 
LiNSLEY,  Marcus,  51,  7). 
LiTTLEF    XD,  Daniel,  13. 
Lo^GLEY,  Rev.  Al<'rcd,74. 

Col  Tlomas,  23. 
LooMis  Family,  1.52. 

AlmonB.,  68. 

Calvin,  6t,  1.52. 
Loud,  Caleb,  20. 
Lovell,  Jacob,  79. 
Lucas,  Geo.  W.,64. 
Luce  Family,  153. 

Samuel,  23,  39,  66,  71. 

Sears,  71. 
Lull,  James,  72. 
LuMMis,  Reuben,  71. 
LUSK,  Rev.  Wm.,  4.3. 
LYMAN  Family,  150-2. 

Aaron,  116. 

Elisha,  17. 

Francis,  36,  9,  .51,  71,  83,  92. 

Frei^cerick  W.,  71,  4,  5,  1.52,  213. 

Gad,  151. 

Giles,  3c,  116. 

Hele'»,75. 

John  C,  38,  71. 

Jonathan,  51,  64. 

Josiah,  96,  116. 

Richard,  150. 

Thomas,  71,  88. 

Timothy,  11,  14,  17,  20,  8,  9,  35,  8,  9,  40,  71, 
92,  7,  151 . 

Timothy  P.,  35,  71,  103. 
Lyon  Family,  1.50. 

Cvrus,  13,21,  2,  4,  70,  121. 

Elias,  89, 

Lemuel,  10,  17,  19,  24,  35,  41,  2,  70,82,  92, 119. 

Marcus,  26. 

Silvenus,  69. 


HISTOEY    OF    GOSSEK. 


259 


William,  71. 
:     >.NJ  ^G  Family,  153. 

Vugnsi-us,  105,  120. 

George  W..  103. 

George  P.,  105. 

Joel  D.,  105. 

Johu.  103, 105. 

Pliinebpo,  23,  67,  97, 103,  121. 

Willi?  m,  106. 
M  RT,  Cha  ..-les,  70. 
Mansfield,  Job  i,  23, 
Martin,  liev.  Oria,  67. 
Mason,  Rev.  Stephen,  47,  75. 

Lowell,  64. 
INlAY  Family,  1u3-5. 
.  Dexter  71, 

Electa,  60,  62- 

Ezra,  10,12,  71,96,  1.t;3. 

Margaret,  19,  42. 

Nehemlah,  l'\  17, 18,  21,  5,  6,  ."6,  7,  9,  ''\  C-^ 
71,  9,  81,  2,  9,  93,  153,  216. 

Prudence  62. 

Saiah,  32. 
Mayhew,  Frcebor.i,  23,  71,  92.  155. 
MAYOtl,  George,  39,  70. 
M'-'-ADEH,  Wiilam,  22,  71,  IH,  1.53. 
]\*'lls,  Geor^  ,  13. 
]S'rLLFi;,.)osi!ih,71. 

Rev.  Moses, 'S. 
MITCHELL,  Chester,  93. 

Rov.  Mr.  48. 
Moi  MSON,  J.  R.,  70. 

MOOUE  F>MVLY,  ].J5. 

Abner,  SC. 

Shepherd,  23. 
Morion. 

Baiii-   ir,  69. 

Rev.  Dauiel  O.,  .55,  62,  214. 

Eii^l  a,  1.54. 

Hoh.  Levi  P.,  62. 
MOTT  Family'. 

S-axvi  e!,  11,22,  23,  91. 

Jamf^^,226. 
NAKAMOIJE  F;^  AIILV,  15  •. 

Alvjheus,  ?3, 37,  0%  9;i- 

Deborah,  23,  68. 

Frank  iP,  36,  37,  40,68,  »i9. 

Hopry  L..  107, 157. 

Josaph,  23,  37,  f'S,  92. 

Samuel,  156. 

Sarah  W.,  74. 

Thaddeus,  24,70. 
Nash  Fa  mily,  157  i   -■ 

Arvin,  121. 

Martha  J.,  157,8,-9. 
NELSON,  Jona.,  13. 


Newell,  Zimri,  71,  92. 
Olds  Family,  160. 

Rev.  Jason,. 56,  90. 

Levi,  23. 

Samuel,  13, 18,  21,  68,  110. 

Silas,  90. 
Orcutt  Family,  159. 

Edward,  li,  71. 

James.  6-t,  97. 

Nathan  F.,  137. 

Thankful,  74. 
OrrFamily,  1.59,  160. 

James,  22,  3,  66,  8. 
OWEN, ,  72. 

Packard  Family,  1  C-lt.. 

Asa,  13. 

Oleb,  97, 

Calvin  A.,  33.  7,  8,  40. 

Edward  C,  63,  70,  6. 

Frebuu  W.,71,91. 

Hiram,  33,  ^  5,  7,  8,  40,  63,  9,  70,  88. 

C^pt.  Horace,  36,  a3,  89,  91,  93, 161.. 

Horace  H.,  106. 

James,  11,19,  21,3,  rs,  116. 

Joshua,  11,  38,  9,  66,  8,  78,  90, 1,  162. 

R.alph,  72. 

Willard,22,  70, 161. 

Wm.  S.,  39,  69,  70,  72. 
Pain,  Ebenezer,  72. 
Parker,  Widow  Mary,  24. 
Parsons  Family,  162-165, 214. 

Ben.iamin,  11,  5',  55. 

Rev.  B.  Fra.ikUn,  57,  69. 

Ebenezer,  11,  17,  '^5,  36,  37,  79,  81,  82. 

Erastus,  .55. 

Elihu,  23,  120. 

Frederic,  118. 

Helen,  75. 

Henry,  105. 

Justin,  11,  21,  24,  37,  39,  42,  .51,  5-4,  62,  69,  71, 
119,  163,  214. 

Rev.  Lev',  54,  5. 

Levi,  69,  163-4. 

Lucre tia,  54,  62. 

Lucinda,  74. 

Mary,  74. 

Rhoda,  74. 

Silas,  ll,i5,5,69. 

Solomon,  11,  37,  40,  69,  79,  82,  89. 

Stepben,2S,51.'8!:. 

Theodore,  69,  16.". 

Wilhivd,29,  69. 

Wm.  Lyman,  107. 
Partridge  Family,  165. 

Asa,  71, 165. 

Eli,  68. 


260 


HISTORY    OF  GOSHEN. 


J.  H.,  74. 
Patrick,  James,  23,  88. 
Perkv,  Josiah,  14. 
Phelps. 

Abnev,  72,  lOG. 

Lei-oy,  ]0(). 

Levant,  lOG. 

Xathaiiiel,  72. 

Pllir.LTI'S. 

Benjamin,  ]!). 

Wendell,  64. 
Pierce  Family,  im. 
Rev.  Chas.  H.,  60. 

Dr.  Daniel,  75,  84. 

Geo]'ge,  121. 

Heniy,  60. 

Martha,  74. 

Levi  L.,  74,  o,  166,  250. 

Thomas,  lo. 

Timothy  1).,  .^S,  107. 

Volney,  71. 
Pool,  — ^,  72. 
POMEROV,  Thos.  W.,  70. 
Porter,  Satiiuel,  71. 
Pratt,  Enoch  13. 
Prentk'E,  liiu-ney,  ;!(;,  75,  143. 
Putney  1-\\milv,  i(i(;-7. 

Aniasa,  75. 

Ebene/.ev,  11,14, 21,  22, 24,  37,  42,  5-3,  62, 
81),  115, 119,  120,166. 

Eli^ha,  71. 

Emmons,  36,  47,  75,  214,  76,  88,  80. 

Hannah,  62. 

Henry,  107. 

Joseph,  38,  70,  72,  167. 

Maria,  74. 

Nahum,  118. 
Naomi,  74. 
Ranger. 

Dr.  Job,  83-4. 
Rannev  Family,  144. 
Reed,  Rev.  Iloyal,  48,  75. 

Simeon,  91. 

Zelotus,  91. 
Rice,  Capt.  Fortlyce,  92. 

J^yman  F.,  106. 
Richards. 

James,  62,  4. 

Nehemiah,  30. 
Richardson,  Fred.  C,  72,  216. 
Richmond,  Zebulon,  24. 
Roberts,  Ansel  A.,  107. 

RORINSON, 

Dr.  Isaac,  12,  71,  aS. 
Dr.  Joseph,  83. 
Dr.  R.  C.,  84. 


Watson,  23. 
Rockwell. 

Dr.  A.  W.,  84. 

Dr.  J.  W.,75,  84. 
Rogers,  Dr.  George,  84. 

Rev.  H.  M.,  50,  76. 

John,  24. 

Joseph,  71,  1.5.5. 

Robert,  71,  156. 

Rolon,  71. 
Rood,  Rev.  Thomas  H.,  48,  76,  215. 
Rose,  Rev.  Israel  G.,  47. 
Russ. 

Nelson,  71. 

Oren,  71. 
Russell,  Jona.,  24. 
Salmon. 

Rev.  P:.  Putney,  HG. 

George,  37,  70,  81. 
Sears. 

Freeman,  37,8,  &3. 

F.  Willis,  .55. 

George  H.,76. 
Shaw. 

Alonzo,'34,  5,  8,  68,  191,  2. 

Mrs.  Alonzo,  67. 

Josiah,  79. 
SHi<:A,.l()hn,  13. 
Sheldon,  William  IT.,  74. 
Shei'AUD,  Itev.  Mase,  44. 
Shii'MAX,  James  D.,  88. 
Sherwix.  Jacob,  19. 
Silvester,  Richai-d,  13. 
Simmons,  Joshua,  39,  69. 
smith  Family,  170-1. 

Ellen  E.,  62,  74,215. 

Hannah,  74. 

John,  11,  17,  21,  41,  2,  .59,  60,  70,  92,  170. 

John  M.,37,  .5:^,64,  170,  216. 

Leonard,  71. 

Lucy,  74. 

Mary,  62,  74. 

Ralph  E.,  38,  71. 

Reuben,  46,  71,121,170. 

Sarah, 42. 
Snell. 

Ebenezer,  19. 

Samuel,  68. 
Snow. 

Capt.  Jonathan,  22,3. 

Samuel,  66. 
Spaulding,  Asa,  13. 
Stearns  Family,  167-170. 

Charles,  9. 

Cyrus,  10,  24,  30,  67,  9,  90,  113,  121,  169. 

David,  9,  12,  18,  19,  21,  42,  70,  9(>,  114,  168. 


HISTORY  or  goshe:n^. 


261 


Ebenezer,  9. 

Ezra,  88,  66. 

Isaac,  9. 

John,  24,  70,  96,  215. 

Lemuel,  96. 

Levi,  90. 

Samuel,  12. 

Shubael,  9. 

Thomas  W.,  69,  90. 
Stephenson,  George,  118. 
Stone  Family,  171-176. 

Alvan,  57. 

Ambrose,  11,  15,  22,  3,  5,  31,  36,  7,  8,  9,  40,  69, 
74,  88,  92,  8,  171. 

Amos  H.,  69,  88. 

Dea.  Artemas,  11,14,21,2,  42,  44,51,8,71, 
176. 

Augusta,  74. 

Edward  G.,  69. 

Frederick  P.,  30,  40,  64,  9. 

Jerusha,  42. 

Oren,  93. 

Col.  Luther,  29,  30,  1,  3,  5,  6,  38,  9,  40,   63,   9, 
93, 121, 173-4. 

Silvauus,  11,23,70,'!. 

Theodocia,58,  62. 
Street,  Whiting,  34. 
Strong,  Rev.  Joseph,  45. 
Taft,  Cheney,  195-6. 
Taylor  Family,  176-7. 

James  B.,  106. 

Dea.  Oliver,   14,  17,  18, 21,  2,  3,  6,  6,  7,  36,  7, 
8,  9,  40,  4,  5,  51,  70,  79,  90,  120, 176,  214. 
Thayer. 

Ludo,  78. 

Jason  C.,  79. 
Thomas. 

Ezekiel,  68,  96. 

Samuel,  69. 
Thompson. 

Israel  B.,31,83. 

Rev.  John  C,  40,  8,  9,  75,  76,  214-5. 
Tilton  Family,  177-8. 

Benjamin,  69,  90. 

EmmaW.,  75. 

George  F.,  104. 

Henry  H.,  33,  51,  71. 

Polly,  17. 

Salathiel,  23, 177, 

Spencer,  71 ,  103. 

S.  West,  33,  6,  67,  71. 

Vashti,  75. 177,  215. 

William,  28,  40,  71. 
Todd,  Rev.  Asa,  67. 
Tower, 

Isaac,  23,  70. 


Nathaniel,  70. 

Richard,  24,  72. 

Thomas,  79. 

Town,  Ebenezer  W.,  51, 75,  81, 121. 

Trues  dale. 

Benjamin,  70.     ;  ^      i^prson  v 
Ebenezer,  113.  \  ^^®  Person. 

Turner,  Wm.,  13. 

Tucker,  Abijah,  9, 12, 168. 

Tyler. 

Nathan  W.,  13. 

Stephen,  13. 
Utley,  Ralph,  37, 121, 178. 
VINING,  Mrs.  M.  C.  F.,  49. 
Yinton  Family,  178. 

Abiathar,  24,  98. 

Frederick,  74. 

Levi,  24,  66,  98. 

Nathaniel,  24,  72. 
Walker, 

Isaac, 98. 

Rev.  Townsend,  50. 
Ward,  Trowbridge,  93. 

William,  19. 
Warner,  Joseph,  93, 4. 
Washburn  Family,  179. 

Hattil  33, 5,  81,  90. 
Webster  Family,  179. 

Robert,  10,  11,  12,  13, 14,  88,  9, 116. 

Elizabeth,  74. 

William,  70,  88,  95. 
Weeks  Family,  180-183. 

David,  183. 

Elijah,  100,  181. 

Ezra,  182. 

Mercy,  180. 

Capt.  Thomas,  11,  17,  18,  21,  3,  41,  2,  70,  98, 
9,  180,  1. 
Whalley,  Rev.  Samuel,  62. 
Wheeler. 

James,  23. 

Rev.  M.  G.,  48. 
Whitcomb,  James,  24. 
White  Families,  194-202. 

Abigail,  24. 

Asa,37,89,  91,  195. 

Benjamin,  29,  33,  5,  6,  8,    9,  40,  51,  63,  72,  75, 
201,  202. 

Ebenezer,  24,  64,  6,  89, 195. 

Elias,  70. 

Ezekiel,  24,  72, 194. 

Farnum,  17,  18,  21,  28,  42,  71,  ,  195. 

Henry,  37,  71. 

Hon.  James,  200. 

John,  30,  114. 

Jonathan  H.,  201, 


262 


HISTORY    OF    GOSHEN. 


Joseph,  35,  40,  72,  75,  108. 

Joseph  H.,  199. 

Josiah,  24,  64,  6,  9.3. 

Julia  M.,  74. 

Marcy,  42. 

Molly,  24. 

Rev.  Morris  E.,  48. 

Noah,  72. 

Nehemiah,  64. 

Pere?:rine,  121. 

Kalph  H.,  201. 

Simon  H.,200. 

Sophia  M.,  199. 

William,  10,  12, 17, 18,  21,  2,  6,  35,  6,  9,  40,  2, 
72,  92, 5, 100, 119,  196,  7,  8,  202. 
Whitman  Fainiily,  193-4. 

Ephraim,  47. 

Grace,  47. 

Rev.  Samuel,  39,  34,  6,  54,  67. 193. 
Whitney,  Gen.  James  S.,  137. 
Williams  Family,  183-191. 

Mrs.  Anna,  121. 

Artemas,  187. 

Clarinda  B.,  62,  75. 

Daniel,  33,  6,  8,  63,  88, 188. 

Mrs.  Deborah  S.,  62,  3,  4,  121. 

Gordon,  67,  70. 

Hannah,  74. 

Hinckley,  70,  80, 1,  3. 


H.  Wright,  118. 

John,  17,  21,  3,  9,  37,  40,  66,  186,  67,  70,  9, 
1,  2,  90. 

John,  2(1,  88,  91,  121,  191. 

Jonah,  23,  82,  90. 

Levi,  29. 

Mrs.  Mercy,  121. 

Sarah  R.,  185. 

Rev.  William,  57. 
WiLLCUTT  Family,  191-2. 

Andrew,  57. 

Enoch,  66,  70. 

Jesse,  66,  70. 

Joel,  191. 

Lorenzo,  68. 

Philip,  70,  118. 

Zebulon,  11,  23,  31,  67, 191. 
Wing  Family,  193. 

Edward,  23, 118. 

Samuel,  23. 
Wright  Fa^hly,  204. 

Rev.  D.  Grosvenor,  57,  204. 

Dr.  George,  75,  84. 

Rev.  Joel,  47,  75,  202-4. 

Rev.  J.  E.  M.,  61,  66,  204-6*. 

Jonathan,  61. 

Justin,  13. 
Wyivian,  Daniel,  72,  215. 


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